Defense Minister has stated in closed talks that he will vote against extension of closure to the Foreign Ministry - and in the vicinity of the prime minister did not like things • Director General of the Ministry of Health for News 12 in response to comments by Deputy Chief of Staff in Israel today: "The problem with expanding the tests is the lack of materials "
Bennett and Netanyahu // Photos: Uncle Waknin and AFP
Defense Minister Naftali Bennett expressed his opposition on Thursday (Thursday) to his opposition to the full closure, which he says prevents people from going to work and harms business overwhelmingly. In addition, Bennett is demanding to increase the number of tests to Corona, which he claims is at a low. According to Bennett, due to a lack of tests, people returning from abroad do not check, and responsibility for the tests must be transferred to the IDF.
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According to Bennett, "The delay in setting up a testing system requires a sweeping policy of general closures that results in enormous damage to the Israeli economy and the livelihoods of millions of private sector employees and owners. Must go from hammer policy to tweezers policy. The IDF and the Ministry of Defense must be given immediate responsibility for the investigations. Only then will we be able to quickly speed up the pace of the tests, their speed of decoding and decoding, and their portrait. Without it, we will not be able to release Israel from the sweeping economic closure that is devastating for Israel's future without risking a renewed plunge. "
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Bennett launches a fierce attack on the Ministry of Health: "The Ministry of Health is rooted in an ideology that does not believe in the centrality of testing as a tool for escaping the crisis. The Ministry of Health does not particularly believe in the importance of testing (a golden calf, they say) and as a regulatory body, The lack of faith in the importance of testing is as if a brigade commander does not want to receive intelligence on enemy territory for action. The current weakness of the testing system also prevents the Ministry of Health from examining elderly people in nursing homes, returning from abroad, including people with high fever and coughs or relatives of carriers, That these days are not checked, and therefore not sent Isolation hotel ".
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We went through a very challenging Christmas Eve, and to my delight, Israeli citizens showed responsibility and obeyed our guidelines and restrictions. Now - you need to get ready for the exit. Increase the scope of inspections and restore the Israeli economy. Every day that does not happen, one billion shekels goes to the economy and collapses more and more families. An exit strategy is the time order.
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On the eve of the holiday, the deputy chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir, addressed the subject of the tests. "This is a very complex event, from the time the citizen is inspected at his home or one of the Corona Drive to the moment the check goes through its chain and comes back with a clear answer," he "Our special operations unit is working to stabilize this, and I believe that if we accept responsibility, we will know within two or three weeks to reach the target set by the prime minister: 30,000 checks a day."
Zamir makes it clear that the intention is not to replace MDA or the laboratories, which he says are doing "excellent work." It is primarily aimed at two efforts: to produce a uniform system and knowledge base that will allow for a large scope of testing, and to utilize the IDF's logistical system to speed up The tests for labs. "We have an advantage in these areas, and we want to take advantage of it."
Ministry of Health Director General Moshe Bar Seaman Tov, who was interviewed on Thursday, 12 News, commented in response to Deputy Chief of Staff at Israel Today: "I do not know one person in the IDF who knows the details, with emphasis on knowing the details , Which says the IDF can do more tests than we do. " According to Bar Good, the global shortage of materials needed to conduct the tests is the cause of the delay in increasing the number of tests in the country. "We operate the Mossad, the General Staff Patrol and all possible bodies in an effort to find these materials. We work hand in hand with the IDF on this issue, ”said Bar Good.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reacted sharply to Bennett: "In an emergency, a government minister is expected to behave responsibly and to hold discussions in professional forums in the government and not in the media. The PM, who is conducting the fight in Corona responsibly and optimally with experts in Israel and around the world, allows everyone Ministers fully express their views in government hearings. It is appropriate for the defense minister to take care of the tasks that the prime minister has assigned to him, and have not yet carried out, instead of constantly being involved in media attacks against the prime minister and the government of which he is a member.