“It is vital that government ministers know that the resolution of an entire blockade, which is more serious than the one we experienced in March, was not put to a vote in the coronavirus cabinet,” he said before the government vote.
Shay noted that fitness officials have argued that such strict blocking measures are not at this level and cited a forecast from the Ministry of Finance that new restrictions can charge the economy for more than 30 billion shekels.
He also said the aim of the new restrictions is to avoid the ongoing protests opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for which the prime minister had pushed, and encouraged Kakhol ministers to vote against the proposal to restrict devout demonstrations and services.
“For two days of long deliberations in the coronavirus cabinet, we lost . . . an endless time in what divides us and not in what unies us,” Shay said. “We have been swept away by the debate about a useless, divisive situation and unnecessary discussion about demonstrations rather than talking about a safe plan for prayer, the smallest main points of the economy and the elderly, and all that is needed.
Government coronavirus tsar Ronni Gamzu said he opposed the measures.
“I advised a [slight] tightening of the closure, but the government made a decision in a different way and respect,” Gamzu said on a scale in the Jerusalem hot spots affected by the virus on Thursday.
Later thursday, Netanyahu defended the blockade, saying it was justified by a desire to save lives.
“Closing steps are not easy, but saving lives is the first thing,” he said at a press convention at the prime minister’s house in Jerusalem. “We are at the height of an ongoing war. “
Netanyahu rejected the concept that he had sought a complete closure to end politically damaging protests, arguing that “these anarchist and ridiculous demonstrations” help him politically, but “the public has had enough. “
Israel has lately one of the world’s morbidity rates, recording around 7,000 new cases in several consecutive days this week. Of the 61,924 active patients, 685 are in serious condition and 172 with fans.
Deaths have also increased in recent days as infection rates soared at the start of the havoc epidemic. On Thursday night, the Ministry of Health announced that the death toll had reached 1,376, or 59 deaths more than 24 hours earlier. added to the account later on Thursday.
From Friday at 2 pm, almost all businesses will be closed, with the exception of express businesses and factories designated as “essential” by the National Emergency Authority of the Ministry of Defense. The resolution exempts supermarkets and pharmacies from closure and restaurants from paintings only at the home delivery foundation.
Yom Kippur’s prayers beginning Sunday night will take place almost entirely outdoors, with teams of up to 10 faithful authorized to pray in synagogues, according to the ruling. The closure will also cover the entire Sucot holiday.
If Shay had resigned, he would have been the minister for the time being to resign after the virus’s lockout. Earlier this month, former Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman of the Unified Judaism of the Ultra-Orthodox Tors resigned in protest at initial plans to impose a curfew on some ultra-Orthodox. Orthodox cities.