Reshef Levy issued a letter signed by dozens of artists • "Refuse to be the whip by which the government presses the public to get vaccinated"
A long list of artists today (Monday) called on the government to approve the third stage of its green daughter - which will allow them to bring into the event and performance halls not only those who will be vaccinated, but also those who will be checked quickly at the entrance.
In honor of the Government of Israel, by Israeli artists.
We call on the government to immediately approve the third stage of the green character of the performances - to allow us ...
Posted by Reshef Levi on Monday, March 1, 2021
The letter was published on the Facebook page of screenwriter and stand-up comedian Reshef Levy, who a few days ago announced in a post he posted that he would let anyone who wanted to come to his performances.
In the petition, Levy called on the government not to force the artists to hold a selection at the entrance to shows, in contrast to sample malls, where no such screening was conducted.
"We call on the government to immediately approve the third phase of the green daughter of the performances," the post said, External experts have determined that in light of the vaccine's high ability to protect the audience, combined with the rest of the conditions of the green mark - distance between ticket buyers, masks, in addition to rapid corona tests and others, anyone in the halls will be protected.
"In advance, the possibility of admitting an audience that was tested was in the conditions of the green sign and it was removed for unhealthy reasons. It does not make sense that in every mall and every store you can enter unvaccinated only with a mask and only for our performances we ask to select at the entrance.
"We refuse to be the whip by which the government presses our public to get vaccinated. It is not our job to vaccinate the public - it is the job of the HMOs and public leaders - to persuade people to get vaccinated to protect themselves from the virus. All signatories to this message are vaccinated and call on people who listen to us Get vaccinated, but we believe in the way of persuasion and love, the way that leads us when we do our art, and not by means of coercion.
"Since the declaration of non-immunized Knesset we see how much this divides the public and adds controversy and confusion. We, unlike the leadership, come to unite the public and not to divide.
"It should be remembered that among the non-vaccinated there are those who cannot undergo the procedure for medical reasons, teenagers and young people who cannot be vaccinated, people who are psychologically difficult to vaccinate, such as women and men who were sexually abused in childhood and such a procedure is too difficult for them.
"We do not judge anyone - we came to entertain, make people laugh, sing, excite and interest the audience and so we will continue to do for everyone. We call on all halls in the country to allow the admission of an audience who has undergone corona tests approved by the Ministry of Health, immediately, Excess distance, masks, and other actions that will keep us healthy.
Yours: Adi Ashkenazi, Keren Peles, Ninet, Shiri Maimon, Orna Banai, Marina Maximilian Blum, Nelly Tagar, Noga Erez, Korin Elal, Michal the Little, Noga D'Angeli, Static and Ben El Tavori, Itai Levy, Kobi Arieli , Yaakov Cohen, Zion Baruch, Rami Fortis, Assaf Amdursky, Yirmi Kaplan, Chen Mizrahi, Idan Alterman, Naor Zion, Daniel Solomon, Daniel Chen, Tuna, Zeev Nehama, Arik Sinai, Eli Ben David, Dan Toren, Tamir Buskila, Berry Sakharof, Danny Sanderson, Shai Tsabari, Hadag Nachash, Moshe Ashkenazi. "
Itai Levy, Static and Ben-El, Marina Maximilian confirmed to us that they had indeed signed the petition.
No response has yet been received from the other artists who signed the letter.
