Gila Gamliel is not alone: ​​the parade of politicians who violated the closure guidelines Israel today

Israelis are obligated to maintain distance restrictions and thousands of reports have already been filed about non-compliance with the closure regulations, but among elected officials there are those who choose not to comply with the instructions • From Benjamin Netanyahu to Miki Levy - all violations • Review

While Israeli citizens are required to adhere to a series of stringent restrictions under the strict holiday closure imposed by the government, it seems that some elected officials - some members of the government and the Corona Commission - allow themselves to do whatever they please, even if their actions are against regulations.

Here is the parade of violations by Israeli politicians.

Report: Minister Gila Gamliel violated distance restrictions

Minister of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel updated earlier this week that she was infected with Corona.

The Haaretz newspaper reported that Minister Gamliel allegedly misled the epidemiologists and claimed that she had been infected by her driver.

However, according to a report in "Here News", it became clear that the minister, who lives in Tel Aviv, stayed on Yom Kippur with her husband's parents in Tiberias and also came to the synagogue in the city.

It is now being examined whether the infection occurred there.

MK Miki Levy was hosted by his son

MK Miki Levy has many rights as part of his work over the years.

But despite the fact that Levy is a retired senior police officer, yesterday it was reported in News 12 that the Knesset member went on a short visit to his son's house on the eve of Sukkot, where he met with many family members - contrary to the closure instructions.

To the embarrassment of MK Levy, many took the opportunity to remind him of a discussion he attended at the Finance Committee at the end of last August, in which he called for the immediate removal of the blue and white members present at the meeting. The reason: those MKs met a few days earlier with Minister Pnina Temano -Sheta diagnosed with corona.

"They endanger us," Levy then claimed.

The prime minister's advisers did not insist on isolation

Another recently reported storm occurred after the return of the Israeli delegation, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from the signing ceremony of the peace agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain held at the White House.

Members of the delegation who returned to Israel were supposed to be in solitary confinement, but demonstrators on Balfour Street near the prime minister's house identified in one of the protests Netanyahu's adviser, Topaz Locke, photographing them - and violating solitary confinement.

Locke later admitted that he erred, apologized and paid the fine for violating the conditions of solitary confinement.

But Topaz Luke is not alone.

Reuven Ezer, who serves as a political adviser to the prime minister, also twice violated the isolation guidelines and was reprimanded by his superiors.

Minister Yoav Galant hosts his daughter for Passover

The difficulty of adhering to the closure provisions is not merely a sign of the current wave.

Many politicians found it difficult to abide by the rules they set for themselves already during the first closure.

One example of this is that of Education Minister Yoav Galant, whose daughter was staying at his home while her permanent residence is in Tel Aviv.

The minister then claimed in response that his daughter had moved to live in his house until the end of the closure and would not return to Tel Aviv.

MK Nir Barkat hosts

Another politician who hosted people in his home contrary to the instructions during Passover, during the first closure, is MK Nir Barkat, who invited his daughter to him.

Barkat was quick to apologize for the mistake and noted that he celebrated the seventh of Pesach only with his family members living with him.

The president hosted on Seder night

Last June, the late Nehama Rivlin, the wife of President Reuven Rivlin, passed away, and since then he has been living alone in his residence in Jerusalem. Corona Limitations Later, President Rivlin apologized for the incident.

MK Avigdor Lieberman cut his hair in violation of the guidelines

MK Avigdor Lieberman has repeatedly expressed his opposition to the closure provisions in Israel.

However, after meeting with a verified patient during a tour of Judea and Samaria, Lieberman respected the instructions and went into isolation. However, in the first phase, right at the beginning of the closure in March, Lieberman was seen in a Jerusalem barbershop opened for him.

In addition, MK Lieberman hosted his son and daughter-in-law on Seder night - contrary to instructions.

Prime Minister Netanyahu hosted Avner on Seder night

In addition to the ministers and members of the Knesset, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is in charge of managing the corona crisis, also hosted his son Avner with his partner on Seder night.

The two live in a rented apartment near the prime minister's house in Jerusalem.

Many resented the hospitality that went against the guidelines.

Did Litzman violate the instructions of his office?

It was alleged against MK Yaakov Litzman that he violated the guidelines and prayed in a quorum in a closed place in violation of the instructions. Litzman, the former health minister, denied the allegations and claimed that he acted in accordance with all the guidelines.

Infringement violations in the world

If you think that only Israeli politicians do not meet the guidelines - you are wrong.

Many world leaders have been caught violating the instructions they have given themselves.

Among the violators: Austrian President Alexander van der Blan, who apologized for it;

Prof. Neil Ferguson, the epidemiologist who recommended a closure in the UK, went out with his mistress - an exposure that forced him to leave the post;

The close adviser to the British Prime Minister, Dominic Cummings, violated his country's solitary confinement rules as he drove hundreds of miles to his parents' residence - and only there did he enter solitary confinement;

New Zealand Health Minister David Clark also twice violated the closure and was forced to resign.