Netanyahu, Gantz said to bypass coronavirus cabinet vote
Sept 24, 2020 15:18:48 GMT -5
Post by shalom on Sept 24, 2020 15:18:48 GMT -5
Netanyahu, Gantz said to bypass coronavirus cabinet vote on full lockdown
Amid ministerial disagreements, PM and defense minister, along with health, foreign, justice and interior ministers reportedly agree to skip authorization of key panel
By TOI STAFF
23 September 2020, 1:39 pm 1
1:40 pm
Netanyahu seeks to lock down country; reports say airport could be shuttered
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will ask the coronavirus cabinet to swiftly approve a full lockdown of the country, effective immediately, his office says.
The move would “significantly and immediately tighten the rules” and “close swaths of the economy,” a statement says, without elaborating on the specific steps.
According to Hebrew media reports, the government is considering closing down Ben Gurion Airport as part of the effort to drive down infection rates, which yesterday climbed to nearly 7,000.
Under the proposal, Ben Gurion Airport would be closed from after Yom Kippur until the middle of the Sukkot holiday, the Kan public broadcaster says. Yom Kippur ends September 28 and the weeklong Sukkot holiday begins on October 2.
The coronavirus cabinet is meeting at 2 p.m.
1:47 pm
Gantz says he’ll back restrictions on protests and prayers
Defense Minister Benny Gantz announces he will back restrictions on public protests and prayers, apparently despite the objections of some ministers from his centrist Blue and White party.
“In a democracy the right to demonstrate and protest is sacred. The demand of those who seek to pray as the Jewish people have practiced for thousands of years is also sacred and just. The demand of those who want to earn a decent living, return to work and take care of their children is also real and just. But no less important, certainly in national emergencies, is the right to health and security,” Gantz says.
“Today, the coronavirus cabinet will present outlines to limit prayers and demonstrations made by professionals in the police, the Health Ministry and legal advisers to the government. We will back their decision,” Gantz says.
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Amid ministerial disagreements, PM and defense minister, along with health, foreign, justice and interior ministers reportedly agree to skip authorization of key panel
By TOI STAFF
23 September 2020, 1:39 pm 1
1:40 pm
Netanyahu seeks to lock down country; reports say airport could be shuttered
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will ask the coronavirus cabinet to swiftly approve a full lockdown of the country, effective immediately, his office says.
The move would “significantly and immediately tighten the rules” and “close swaths of the economy,” a statement says, without elaborating on the specific steps.
According to Hebrew media reports, the government is considering closing down Ben Gurion Airport as part of the effort to drive down infection rates, which yesterday climbed to nearly 7,000.
Under the proposal, Ben Gurion Airport would be closed from after Yom Kippur until the middle of the Sukkot holiday, the Kan public broadcaster says. Yom Kippur ends September 28 and the weeklong Sukkot holiday begins on October 2.
The coronavirus cabinet is meeting at 2 p.m.
1:47 pm
Gantz says he’ll back restrictions on protests and prayers
Defense Minister Benny Gantz announces he will back restrictions on public protests and prayers, apparently despite the objections of some ministers from his centrist Blue and White party.
“In a democracy the right to demonstrate and protest is sacred. The demand of those who seek to pray as the Jewish people have practiced for thousands of years is also sacred and just. The demand of those who want to earn a decent living, return to work and take care of their children is also real and just. But no less important, certainly in national emergencies, is the right to health and security,” Gantz says.
“Today, the coronavirus cabinet will present outlines to limit prayers and demonstrations made by professionals in the police, the Health Ministry and legal advisers to the government. We will back their decision,” Gantz says.
Full article at link