Although the decision has not yet been made, legal and professional preparations have begun for the complete closure of the routine of life.

• Police enforce closure on Tel Aviv streets // Photo: Ami Shuman

The top echelons of the Corona crisis began preparing to impose a complete closure on Israel. Sources in the details said to Israel today that the working assumption of the crisis handling entities is that a full closure will be imposed in the coming days. However, at this stage, the decision has not yet been made to impose a closure and this depends on the morbidity rates that will become clear in the coming days.



The legal and professional preparations for full quarantine began after the two-day gap created between the decision to aggravate the quarantine and the actual implementation of the quarantine. As we recall, on Monday evening, the PM decided to add restrictions to the public to the point of almost complete closure.

The decision was made at the end of a marathon day of discussions between Netanyahu and the national security staff with senior officials of the Ministry of Health. However, it took almost 48 hours for the closure to take effect, Wednesday, at 5 p.m.

The delay was due to the length of time it took for legal counsel to raise the reporter's decision. In addition, during the long-standing government meeting, changes in some of the restrictions took place, which necessitated the re-drafting of emergency orders. As a result, it took two days from the decision to aggravate the quarantine until it actually happened.

Against this backdrop, legal and other preparations are already being made to impose a complete closure on Israel, so that when the decision is made it can be implemented quickly. "We are at war, in an emergency. We don't have the opportunity to spend so much time on bureaucratic processes.