The police are preparing for full enforcement during the holiday • The district commanders warned the senior Hasidic officials of fines for gatherings • Prof. Gamzo: "The ultra-Orthodox violations extend the closure"
"The data will determine," says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the question of whether the closure will be tightened or whether it will be possible to remove some of the restrictions.
In a Facebook broadcast, Netanyahu added that "if it seems that the closure is not working well enough - we will tighten it. If we see a decrease in numbers, it will be possible to start talking about leaving."
Photo: Ariel Kahana
The Deputy Prime Minister, Bnei Gantz, expressed opposition to this position, saying that "a policy has been set and rules have been set.
Should be stable and to keep them to deliver on their results. "
The comments were made ahead of a cabinet corona is supposed to convene on Monday afternoon meeting continued, which will be discussed Ministers again threshold that would allow the reduction of restrictions on the public.
Meanwhile, the police are preparing to prevent gatherings in public for the holiday of Sukkot. Law It will be enforced on all sectors, the police emphasize, adding that no discounts will be given to the ultra-Orthodox sector. The Hasidim made it clear that they would disperse the crowds and impose fines on the organizers.
Cancellation of events in the sector
The public pressure around the violation of the guidelines among the major storks did its thing, and yesterday two storks announced that the Simchat Beit Hashoeva events planned for next week are canceled.
These are two large Hasidic sects, Belz Vizhnic, who have announced that the events that are usually held in mass form are canceled.
However, it is difficult to see how the prayers in Hasidism and the internal events will not take place.
Yesterday, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Roni Noma, who serves as head of the Magen Yisrael's ultra-Orthodox desk, also addressed the issue, saying that there was a dialogue with the Admors. ‘Knit’ in a closed place and without following the guidelines, Noma says that “it does damage.
This is also the public and the entire public. "
Said Numa, there are about 21 thousand patients Haredi activists from approximately 69 thousand in Israel. About 5,000 of them young people aged 24-17 - yeshiva students. However, clarified that the premonition of thousands of yeshiva students "It is true that there are a few patients that we have not been able to locate.
" Prof. Roni Gamzo, the corona projector, said that "we had bad news about the extent of morbidity in the ultra-Orthodox sector.
The amount of morbidity in the ultra-Orthodox sector is about 40 percent of the number verified in recent days.
We are troubled by the rate of patients over the age of 60 in ultra-Orthodox society.
The violations by the ultra-Orthodox prolong the closure. "
Effort on the part of the rabbis
Most of the ultra-Orthodox public, which also includes Lithuanians and ultra-Orthodox Sephardim, obeyed the instructions.
The main problem is in Hasidism and closed neighborhoods such as Mea Shearim.
Thus, for example, Rabbi Sternbuch, who belongs to the extremist current of the ultra-Orthodox community in Jerusalem, said that "all customs, the joy of the house of the sucker and second rounds must be observed in the majority of the people. All decisions are involved in politics and lies."
In an interview with the Kahla newspaper of the ultra-Orthodox community, Rabbi Sternbuch said that "the authorities should not be afraid and the synagogues should be kept open, there should be no fear of arrest and on the contrary - I am willing to be arrested for that."
Prior to Sukkot, most of the rabbis' efforts focused on the prohibition of congregations, with an emphasis on prayers and settling in the Sukkah.
After two ultra-Orthodox Lithuanians, Rabbi Gershon Edelstein and Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, published letters yesterday instructing the ultra-Orthodox public not to pray in synagogues or to host people on Sukkot, Rabbi Edelstein sharpened his tone and clearly stated: "Do not host and be hosted on Sukkot. It is dangerous."
Next week, for the last time during the tenure of President Reuven Rivlin, the traditional presidential arbor will open, but this time - in a virtual corona format under the title "Science Games in the Presidential Arbor".
The broadcast will take place on Tuesday from 12:30 to 10:00 during the week of Sukkot in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and Technology, and will include a variety of experiments and activities for the whole family.
Participated in the preparation of the article: Ariel Kahana, Yehuda Schlesinger, Hanan Greenwood, Meital Yasur Beit-Or and Yuri Yalon