Despite the directive not to move more than 100 meters from the house, the situation on the ground looks different • Does the Israeli public obey instructions? • "Israel Today" photographers came out to check
Almost two weeks have passed since traffic restrictions have been tightened due to the Corona crisis, and leaving home is only 100 meters away (other than traveling for essential needs such as stocking food or medicine) - and the Israeli public seems to be increasingly difficult to meet.
Photo: Ministry of Health
Documentation by "Israel Today" photographers reveals violations of traffic restrictions in various localities around the country, such as people going for walks or training on a boardwalk in Tel Aviv, people going to the beach and more.
Following the breach of the Ministry of Health's instructions, rage has been registered among quite a few of the residents of Tel Aviv who live near the main streets such as Rothschild Boulevard, Rabin Square or the promenade. "Everybody here thinks they're big smart," one of them says. "Instead of running on boardwalk or seaside trails, they run in the parallel, quiet and unpopular streets, where they think they can't be discovered by police or city police. They think it's a game and don't realize it's for them and that they only care about their health."
C, a resident of Judea and Samaria, told Israel Today about the difficulty in meeting the new guidelines: "I was broken, I know it is wrong but how much can be at home. It is not a physical break, it is not that I am afraid, but once I heard what was going on In Bnei Brak and the percentage of infection at the center, I realized that it was not going to end. All the optimism came out of me and I just realized that there is no longer anything to do. "
Also, D, a resident of Lod, testifies to the distress they experience at home and the difficulty in staying throughout the day: "Maybe we can survive maybe through the end of Passover. But that's it. In fact, I know it's wrong that I'm here with the children, but I'm broke. , The kids on their heads and how much you can be home. "
Meanwhile, a community policeman named Menashe Mansour in the area of Bograshov Street in Tel Aviv today posted a Facebook post in which he shared his personal feelings as a policeman who confronts the public: "We are in a challenging time, a time when many citizens understood the size of the hour and against other citizens (I want to believe it) I was in violation of the Ministry of Health's instructions and took to the streets not for necessity ... It is not pleasant for me as a policeman to contact a citizen and ask him to return to his home only because he went on a trip with his family and decided to breathe a little air. To do in light of the situation. "
"I've come across people who are sophisticated with me and come up with explanations such as, 'We're less than ten people, I just went out to do sports,' etc. and get into the subtleties of what's listed in the order. Please ask that you stay in your home because this is what is listed in the order, I ask that to keep you and those close to you. "
As the days go by, the public seems to be getting discouraged by the strict guidelines on restricting the exit from the home, which is also reflected in the mass exodus into city streets. Will the government step up enforcement in the face of closure violations and tighten the rope around the public that does not stand by? time will tell.
