In an interview with News 12, the interior minister warned: "Any car traveling on the roads on Passover evening will have to give an explanation to the police." • He further said that following the Koruna eruption, the city will be divided into eight spaces that will not allow traffic between them • The government will decide this evening whether to introduce additional cities in the "restricted zone" format
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri said Sunday (Sunday) in an interview with News 12 that the government is considering imposing a full curfew on Seder night, for the entire state. He said that in Jerusalem there would be a partial closure and the city would be divided into eight spaces without traffic between them.
Photo: Police spokeswoman
In the interview, Minister Deri said: "We have considered curfew a few weeks ago, but we did not want to paralyze the state. On Passover there is no work or office. Especially on the Seder night, we do not want people to start jumping from family to family, with all the heartache this year to make order in the small family "That is why we are considering making a curfew on Seder night. On Passover evening there is no shopping anymore, everyone has already bought what they need. Any car traveling on the roads on Passover evening will have to give an explanation to the police."
Asked about the length of the curfew planned for Seder, Deri said: "I can't say if the curfew will last a day or more - we talk about it so people get ready for it."
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Addressing the issue of the closure of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods in Jerusalem, Deri said: "We found a solution. The city will be divided into quarters, eight spaces in fact. People can do their shopping and arrangements in the space itself, but not move from space to space. .
Close on more cities?
The government is expected to decide soon, perhaps this evening, whether to declare more cities and neighborhoods as a "restricted area," meaning de facto closure. The Ministry of Health demands to immediately declare a "restricted zone" for some of the eruption centers: ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods in Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem, the cities of Modi'in Illit and Betar Illit, and the settlement of Elad.
These are areas that are defined as dense population areas, where many families from the ultra-Orthodox and religious Zionist families live. The Ministry of Health is also demanding to begin the closure of other cities with a large increase in the number of people infected, including: Tiberias, Ashkelon and Migdal Haemek.
Checkpoints in Jerusalem
Today, the Jerusalem Police has placed roadblocks at the entrance to the city, to check vehicles arriving in the city in accordance with the Public Health Order, and traffic loads are recorded at the entrances to the city. Police said: "For the enforcement of public health regulations and Passover preparations, checkpoints have been posted at Jerusalem's entrances to ensure the safety, security and health of the public and have advocated alongside enforcement. Due to the checkpoints, there are traffic jams at Jerusalem's entrances."
As for Jerusalem, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri warned earlier today that "in some neighborhoods in Jerusalem the situation is worse than Barak's lightning." The Ministry of Health requires closure of almost all ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods in the city: Har Nof, Beit Vagan, Givat Mordechai, Ramot, Ramat Shlomo, Sanhedria, Samuel the Prophet, Beit Yisrael, the Bukharim, Mea She'arim, Geula, Zichron Moshe, Mekor Baruch, Givat Shaul and Kiryat Moshe.
Police are preparing for a curfew
Today and tomorrow, the police will place surprise barriers on entry into cities and communities with the aim of locating civilians who violate the Ministry of Health's guidelines and emergency orders. Today, Deputy Superintendent Moti Cohen will hold a status assessment, in anticipation of a general closure that will probably be imposed on the holiday evening. As part of the preparations, in addition to sudden roadblocks to be erected on the roads, the traffic division will increase its vehicle total, for the purpose of concealed road patrols along with the division's motorcycle patrol, with the aim of locating vehicles whose passengers pass the Ministry of Health guidelines. A police source said the focus will mainly be on large vehicles, and on vehicles with more than two people.
Participate in the preparation of the news: Itzik Saban