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Increased enforcement and closure of the education system: The tightened closure will begin tonight at midnight

The stricter restrictions will take effect for two weeks, while senior Health Ministry officials estimate that they may be required to be extended.

As part of the closure, it is forbidden to move more than a kilometer from the place of residence, except in exceptional cases, jobs will be reduced and dozens of police checkpoints will be deployed throughout the country.

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Thursday, 07 January 2021, 23:02

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The general closure to curb the rise in corona virus morbidity will begin tonight (Thursday) at midnight, after the government last night approved its new regulations in a telephone poll, and today they were also approved by the Knesset's Constitution Committee.

The strict restrictions, which include closing the entire education system and reducing economic activity, will last two weeks and are estimated to be extended beyond that.

What do the traffic restrictions include, who will continue to work, how will the studies take place and how will the enforcement be carried out?

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Outline of the tight closure

• The activity of the education system will be completely stopped, except for special education

• Economic activity will be limited to vital jobs only

• Gatherings will be limited to 5 people indoors and 10 people in the open

• Prayer in the building will be allowed for up to 5 people instead of 10

• The thousand-meter limit will remain in place

• Reducing occupancy by public transport to 50%

• Revocation of the exit permit for activities to alleviate loneliness for senior citizens

• Demonstrations will be exceeded by the distance limit and allowed by regulations

• Prohibition on staying in another person's residence

• Those who purchased tickets before the closure will be allowed to fly abroad during it

• Those entering Israel from dangerous countries will be transferred to isolation in hotels

Barriers on Namir Road in Tel Aviv ahead of the tightening of the closure, tonight (Photo: Reuven Castro)

How long will the tightened closure last?

The new restrictions will take effect starting tonight, January 8 at midnight, and will be enforced for exactly two weeks - until Thursday, January 21.

However, the director general of the Ministry of Health, Professor Hezi Levy, said today that there is a reasonable chance that the closure will be extended beyond the two weeks set.

What is different about quarantine guidelines from these attacks today?

Unlike in recent weeks, all educational frameworks, from kindergartens and nurseries to high schools, will be closed.

This, regardless of the colors of the cities according to the traffic light plan.

Special education was excluded from the shutdown.

Also, the crowd limit will be tightened for up to five people indoors and up to ten in an open space.

The number of vital jobs will be reduced and professional sports will be limited.

Regardless of the colors of the cities.

Visitors to the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem (Photo: TPS, Shmaryahu Spiro)

What do traffic restrictions include?

During the closure period, an exit limit of up to one kilometer from the place of residence will apply.

Even within the mileage limit, it will not be possible to stay at another person's home.

This, with the exception of a few exceptions that have been defined, including going out for immunization, medical or social care, demonstration, legal proceedings, going out for sports activities (not by way of getting to a place in a vehicle), transferring a minor between separated parents, going to work or to an educational setting. For the purpose of attending a funeral, wedding or alliance (subject to the crowd limit).

Exceptional cases where the mileage limit can be exceeded

• Exit to immunization

• Medical or social care

• demonstration

• Legal proceedings

• Departure for sports activities (not by way of getting there by vehicle)

• Transfer of a minor between his separated parents

• Exit to a workplace or educational setting whose activities are permitted

• Departure for the purpose of attending a funeral, wedding or alliance (subject to the gathering limit)

How will the education system work?

According to the government's approval, the opening of educational institutions will be banned during the closure period - with the exception of special education and institutions for at-risk youth.

Education Minister Yoav Galant announced today that special education studies will continue to take place even on quarantine days, for five days a week until 2 p.m.

In addition, boarding activities will be allowed on the closed track for at least 30 days - without the possibility of being admitted back to the boarding school for a student who has left it.

How will the economy operate and who has been exempted from the restrictions?

The businesses that will continue to operate during the closure are the workplaces that provide essential services, factories that provide subsistence services, and workplaces that engage in construction or infrastructure work.

Furthermore, any employer may allow an employee to stay in the workplace if it is required for the maintenance of the place or the continuation of its functional activities, including repair of defects, maintenance, deliveries, wage payments and more.

In addition, specific provisions have been established for establishments with a special permit to employ a worker during rest hours, defense industries and security-supporting establishments, government ministries, local authorities, religious councils and institutions of higher education.

It will also be possible to employ a babysitter to take care of the children of the nuclear family, and it will be possible to employ housekeeping workers such as for renovation or cleaning work.

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To the list of vital workplaces were also added employees of the legal system, who would remain open but hold only urgent hearings.

Attorneys will work in cases where they have to represent clients before the courts or other institutions, prepare for representation, or provide an essential service to a client who does not suffer a delay and cannot be performed by an alternative digital means.

Employees who are required to assist the Knesset Central Election Committee or the Knesset Regional Election Committee were also excluded, for the purpose of holding the upcoming elections.

Employers who meet the various conditions and will continue to operate are required to continue to meet the conditions of the purple mark.

In what format will public transportation operate?

Public transportation will operate during the closure, but its capacity will be reduced to 50% of the capacity it operates on normal days.

Departure abroad and entry into Israel

Only those who purchased a flight ticket before entering the closure will be allowed to fly abroad, except with special permission exceptions. Also, those entering Israel from countries where the morbidity is defined as high will be charged with isolation in a motel, to prevent the spread of new corona strains found in Britain and South Africa.

5 worship indoors, and 10 open.

Prayer in a synagogue in Mea Shearim, in the previous closure (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)

Praying

Prayers were allowed within the updated limits of five people indoors, and ten in an open space.

Demonstrations

Demonstrations were allowed during the closure, while maintaining the usual regulations of wearing a mask and maintaining a distance of two meters between the participants.

How will the strict restrictions be enforced?

Police are preparing with about 5,000 police officers to be deployed across the country starting at midnight, and checkpoints will be set up on intercity roads as well as within localities.

Police forces will be reinforced units of the Police, the blade 433, the National Collegiate police officers, police staff and more. Also, the airborne unit of the police will act to provide information about traffic jams, crowds are forbidden, and others.

Enforcement of violations of isolation was reinforced, forces patrol towns and checkpoints will be deployed In and out of the cities During the day in the central area there will be fewer checkpoints from the south and north, but from 19:00 to 23:00 the blockades will be increased.

Map of the deployment of the checkpoints during the closure (Photo: Israel Police Spokeswoman)

In the intercity space, regular checkpoints will be activated around the clock.

In order to prevent huge traffic jams and allow for as normal a fabric of life as possible - enforcement in the center of the country during the day will be based mainly on "skipping and traffic enforcement".

A total of 25-12 checkpoints will be operated around the clock all over the country by the Traffic Division of the Police.

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