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Local authorities are accustomed to closure, trusting residents to obey instructions

Municipalities and councils have learned lessons from enforcing restrictions in the first wave and are preparing for the general closure that will be imposed on the state in less than a day, and for at least three weeks.

Authorities will assist the police in enforcement and take care of the elderly and needy during the holidays.

"The least we can do is be there for the residents"

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Thursday, September 17, 2020, 11:00 p.m.

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Local and regional authorities are preparing to deal with the closure, which will take effect tomorrow (Friday) at 2pm for at least three weeks.

The directors of the departments in the municipalities and localities are preparing to assist the police in enforcement, take care of the well-being of their residents, security and care for the elderly and needy - until the moment it is decided to abolish the restrictions.

"We must not underestimate and underestimate the importance of this step. The closure is a necessity of reality and if we obey the instructions we can lower the morbidity graph and return to a routine of life within a reasonable time," Haifa Mayor Einat Klish-Rotem told Walla!

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"In the first wave, Haifa demonstrated solidarity, responsibility and concern for others, and I have no doubt that this time, too, Haifa will act in accordance with the guidelines and will not violate the closure," she added.

According to her, "the Haifa municipality is preparing for the general closure, and the comprehensive and complex deployment includes assistance to the city's elderly population and the weak."

She added that "the social workers and members of the welfare department will respond to any request, the municipal hotline is also available for the Haifa service, and the inspectors will also assist in any task that may be required."

The dimensions of the third largest city in Israel are the great challenge of Yair Zilberman, director of the security and emergency services department in the Haifa municipality, who is in charge of the actual closure.

"We have neighborhoods like Neve Sha'anan, which are the size of a large city and we all need to address them, and we can," he promises.

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"In the first wave we have shown solidarity."

Haifa streets during closure, April (Photo: Yoav Itiel)

Klish Rotem (Photo: Shlomi Gabay)

"We are preparing for a lot of welfare activities, and at the same time a lot of security and supervision activities," Zilberman explained.

"We will conduct tours of all the neighborhoods, both for supervision and enforcement. Whether it is synagogues or places of entertainment or other businesses that need to remain closed."

He said, "Some of our missions involve assisting the police, for example in the physical closure, and later we are preparing to take care of everything related to the well-being of the residents, with an emphasis on the elderly and the needy in general."

He explained that "as I understand it, the characteristics of this closure condition make it a little easier for them. Bringing medicines, food as needed and constantly making sure that there is a continuous connection and that everything is fine with them."

Zilberman spoke about the municipality's preparations, and said that "daily situation assessments are carried out under the leadership of the mayor. As part of this, we analyze the needs and carry out what is necessary."

He also addressed the issue of closure enforcement costs, saying that "at this point in time we have not yet been talked to about allocating funds. My biggest headache right now is the ability to reach out to anyone. Not only physically when needed, but also with the messages."

He said, "It is important that only if the rules of quarantine are properly observed, then it is worth upholding it, because the goal is to achieve a reduction in morbidity."

"The biggest headache is the ability to reach every resident."

Haifa streets during closure, April (Photo: Yoav Itiel)

"Only if the rules of closure are properly observed, then it is worth upholding it"

As in Haifa, Umm al-Fahm is preparing for the start of the closure.

"My big challenge is to prepare not only to enter the closure, but also to exit it," said Samir Mahamid, mayor of Umm al-Fahm.

"We are currently preparing for maximum readiness and completing the preparations for distance learning, and also take care of the children's leisure time, well-being, the provision of food packages and everyone who will be dependent on us," he added.

The mayor, who is home to about 56,000 residents, noted that in the locality, municipal employees have been trained to conduct epidemiological investigations, and these will continue their work during the closure.

"We are preparing for further epidemiological investigations, which will be continued by municipal employees trained for the purpose by the Ministry of Health and the Home Front Command HQLR commander." Mayor Mahamid says the areas of most concern to him are studies and business. The children.

"" I have a feeling that the quarantine will be maintained, because people are beginning to realize that we have exaggerated 'a little' and I put a little in double quotes, "he added." However, enforcement is very important.

"On Wednesday we had a Zoom meeting with the Minister of Internal Security, Amir Ohana, and I told him explicitly that 'we need enforcement and more enforcement and more enforcement,'" he said. "The minister turned to the Israel Police representative and explicitly instructed them: 'I want enforcement and you have a mayor who wants.' .

I hear there will be a lot of assistance with manpower, including military personnel. "

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"Enforcement, enforcement, and once again enforcement."

Umm al-Fahm prepares to close (Photo: Reuters)

"In the sum of a day we need to join hands"

"It is a lot of work but I am not alone. In the sum of the day we have to join forces, me and the police and the Home Front Command," Mahamid added.

"The Home Front Command will increase in the last two or three days, and have tripled their permanent staff next to us. From conversations with the police station commander, I have learned that a massive increase in forces is expected."

According to the mayor, "We have a situation room in the city hall. The director general of the municipality and an emergency commissioner in the authority are the ones who manage the actual activities, and we all deal with that day and night

." "Shekel transferred, they deserve thanks for that, it's nice to have someone who cares and tries but we need much more to continue running a city in such a situation," he clarified. .

"I have a feeling the closure will be maintained."

Mayor Samir Mahamid (Photo: Yoav Itiel)

Alon Davidi (Photo: Hadas Porush, Flash 90)

The south of the country is also in the midst of preparations for dealing with the restrictions in the coming weeks.

Sderot municipality officials said that the municipality has been accustomed to the previous closure, in which all municipal staff and its affiliates mobilized to provide the best service to the residents.

In Sderot, the staff of the municipal hotline will be strengthened to handle the residents' inquiries, and the municipality is already distributing kits for the isolated and the sick, food for the elderly, and assisting the residents with food and medicine purchases.

In addition, Sderot will hold cultural activities in accordance with the guidelines to help residents deal with the situation.

The mayor, Alon Davidi, said that "unfortunately we are already used to a situation of closure from the first wave, and this time I am convinced that we will also be better and do our best for the residents."

He said, "City employees and its affiliates are dedicated to their work, love the city and its residents, and will provide the most responses in the various areas: welfare, assistance to families, assistance to the isolated and sick and anything else that comes up."

"Practicing in a situation of closure, this time we will be better."

Shopping center in Sderot (Photo: Yanir Yagna)

Tomer Glam (Photo: Eldad Ovadia)

The Ashkelon municipality has also begun in recent days to prepare for closure in a number of aspects, including education, welfare, assistance to senior citizens, special populations and more.

In the field of education, management and teaching teams in schools and kindergartens practiced the distance learning outline, and in addition the municipality purchased hundreds of computers for families who do not have a home computer, after mapping the city's students from fourth to twelfth grade. economic difference in the state of distance learning.

with the advent of the blockade went into effect, the municipality announced that they will be distributed kits to thousands of children in Ashkelon, to entertain them while in the house. welfare and social services, the municipality indicated that staff and volunteers perform in recent days calls initiated thousands of patients and isolated and To senior citizens, childless and Holocaust survivors, in order to alleviate their loneliness and, if necessary, in the absence of support, to help them as much as possible.

Initiated calls to thousands of residents.

Police enforcement in Ashkelon (Photo: Shai Makhlouf)

Ashkelon Mayor Tomer Glam said the municipality will make every effort to help residents who need help.

"Israel is entering a closure at one of the most beautiful times of the year. The least we can do for the residents these days is simply to be there for them, in a wide range of services and solutions, with special emphasis on the adult population among us," Glam said.

"The Ashkelon municipality has stood and will continue to stand by the residents in the routine, in the Corona routine and especially in emergencies," the mayor added.

"I am convinced that together, with combined forces, with the self-discipline and personal responsibility of each and every one of us, we will be able to overcome this crisis as well and defeat the Corona virus."

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