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Netanyahu on tightening restrictions: "We will make very important decisions today, no later than tomorrow" | Israel today

2020-09-22T16:43:54.376Z


| In the countryThe Corona Cabinet convened at noon to discuss the next steps to be taken in the fight against the spread of the virus • Interior Minister Deri attacked Corona Commander Gamzo: " Earlier today (Tuesday) the Corona Cabinet convened to discuss the next steps to be taken to combat the spread of the Corona virus in Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke on the matter and said that new decisions, rega


The Corona Cabinet convened at noon to discuss the next steps to be taken in the fight against the spread of the virus • Interior Minister Deri attacked Corona Commander Gamzo: "

Earlier today (Tuesday) the Corona Cabinet convened to discuss the next steps to be taken to combat the spread of the Corona virus in Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke on the matter and said that new decisions, regarding further easing or aggravation, would be made today or tomorrow.

Photo: Knesset Spokeswoman

Referring to the next steps needed to contain the epidemic, the Prime Minister said: "We have been holding very important discussions in the Corona Cabinet for several hours on how to stop the outbreak, how to reverse it. We will make very important decisions today, no later than tomorrow, and we will of course bring them to you citizens. Israel".

Earlier today, the Ministry of Health updated this morning that 3,843 corona patients were diagnosed yesterday, and the general number of patients has risen to more than 192,000 since the outbreak of the plague in Israel.

Yesterday, 33,119 tests were deciphered - of which 11.6% were positive

Earlier today, there was a confrontation over the tightening of restrictions between Interior Minister Aryeh Deri of the Shas party, who expressed anger at the unequal treatment of the prayer institutions. "I have not heard a single word about the demonstrations.

You are only talking about synagogue mikvahs and the four species, "Deri said in the Corona cabinet. The corona commissioner, Prof. Roni Gamzo, replied:" Regarding the demonstrations, we are not rolling our eyes. "

In addition, Energy Minister Steinitz presented his exit strategy from quarantine.

According to the minister, a goal of about 100 new infections per day should be set, as this will allow for follow-up and amputation of infection chains and because less than 200 infections on Israel Day will be considered a green state.

This is according to Steinitz, and the full air connection will be renewed (critical to the economy).

According to Minister Steinitz, "If in the March-April closure we dropped to 20 infected per day, it is possible to drop to 100 per day." 

Steinitz further says that the target of 1,000 contracted per day as a way out of quarantine that is placed in the health care system is insufficient.

This leaves Israel as a red state according to the accepted standards in Europe of patients per million and does not allow for effective follow-up and truncation of infection chains.

In addition, the transition from one thousand to four thousand is quick and easy.

The target must be in the region of one hundred, maximum two hundred. "

A battle between the Likud and blue and white

Earlier, the Likud was furious at the opinion of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, according to which the demonstrations should be allowed even during the closure period.

As reported this morning in "Israel Hayom", Dr. Aviad Bakshi, head of the legal department at the Ecclesiastical Forum, was invited to the corona cabinet meeting today to give a different legal opinion from that of Spokesman Mandelblit on the issue of demonstrations.

This is an unusual move and an expression of distrust towards Mandelblit, who at previous government meetings claimed that the government has no authority to discuss the issue of demonstrations and should not engage in protests against it.

In response, Homeland Security Minister Amir Ohana summoned Dr. Bakshi to the cabinet hearing today, saying that not only is the government authorized to do so, but it is the only body authorized to do so. Dr. Bakshi may not be allowed to present his position at the hearing, but he will stay. Outside the meeting and will enter it if requested.

Opinion of Dr. Aviad Bakshi and Adv. David Peter - Government Authority in Making Decisions Restricting Political Demonstrations

In response to Dr. Bakshi's summons, Blue and White threatened to blow up the cabinet meeting. In response, Minister Ohana said: "The Blue and White Party is operating in the Mandelblit service instead of in the public service.

In light of the ombudsman's statements that the MKs and ministers cannot discuss restrictions on the demonstrations, I was prepared for the corona cabinet meeting in the opinion of Dr. Aviad Bakshi and Adv. David Peter of the Ecclesiastical Forum, according to which the government is the only appropriate forum to discuss the issue.

The Attorney General, who was unable to get the ministers to hear an opinion different from his position, recruited the Blue and White Party who used their private power to cancel the Corona Cabinet meeting, which should make important decisions for the public, if the ministers hear and see Bakshi's opinion .

"In government you can hear different experts in the field of medicine even when they disagree with each other. You can hear experts in the field of defense even when they disagree with each other. You can hear experts in the field of economics even when they disagree with each other. But only on the legal issue is there a monarchy. "And he is not allowed to express his legal opinion before the cabinet ministers."



So blue and white are disciplined to the ombudsman, who were willing to cancel a significant discussion in the Corona cabinet, at the request of the adviser. "

In response to Dr. Bakshi's summons, Spokesman Mandelblit wrote to Prime Minister Tzachi Braverman: "I strongly oppose his participation in the hearing. The intention to invite Dr. Bakshi to the hearing is provocative and unnecessary, and does not in any way advance the good of the cause.

The opposite is true - there is something to stumble the Committee of Ministers in its work.

As is well known, legal advice to the government as a whole, to government ministers and to various government ministries, is provided by the Attorney General as well as by the legal advisers to government ministries, who are subordinate to him professionally.

The legal opinion given by these parties is binding on the government ministries and members of the government, as long as it is not decided otherwise by the court. "

It should be noted that this is not the first time that the government has sought to present an alternative to the ombudsman's opinion.

The ombudsman objected and thought that a transitional government could not make such a decision, and that the decision on the matter should be postponed until after the election. Bakshi and Dr. Ron Shapira represented the government instead of Mandelblit in petitions against the establishment of the committee.

At the cabinet meeting last week, ahead of the decision to enter the closure, a heated confrontation developed between Ministers Dudi Amsalem and Amir Ohana with Spokesman Avichai Mandelblit and Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn, who demanded that the demonstrations continue.

Mandelblit said he supports the right to demonstrate.

"Demonstrations cannot be prevented. It is not a matter of quantity but of quality," he said.

Nissenkorn claimed: "A government cannot prevent a protest against it. An outline must be found for demonstrations in a sensible way."

On the other hand, Amsalem attacked: "All you care about is demonstrations and not public health. How do you compare the demonstrations to the existence of the Knesset?".

Minister Ohana said that "there should be a restriction like any other gathering."

Participated in the preparation of the article: Ariel Kahana, Yehuda Schlesinger, Yair Altman, Israel Today

Source: israelhayom

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