Against the background of reports of the start of the IPS vaccination campaign soon, Minister Ohana instructed not to vaccinate security prisoners without coordination and in accordance with the progress of the operation in the general public
Security prisoners will not be vaccinated without a permit
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Eric Sultan - Archive
The controversial issue comes to the Minister's door:
After the reports of the start of vaccinations at the IPS soon, this evening (Saturday) the Minister of Internal Security Amir Ohana announced that he instructed the Prison Service last Thursday that only women and staff will be vaccinated against the corona virus Security prisoners without a permit and in accordance with the progress of vaccines in the general public.
According to IPS sources, they have not received vaccines yet. In the meantime, they will not start vaccinating tomorrow, and the IPS hopes that they will receive vaccines this week.
As you may recall, the prioritization of vaccines has brought with it political issues that could provoke a storm.
One of them is the vaccination of the security prisoners, who number about 4,600, including murderers with blood on their hands.
"In a democracy like ours, vaccinating security prisoners even before we vaccinate the general population could lead to criticism," retired rabbi Orit Adato told Israel Today, adding that "there will be those who wonder if those who violate state security, including murderers, To be vaccinated before the operation is completed among the population. "