The Minister of Defense called on the Prime Minister to convene the Political-Security Cabinet to discuss the issue • Ganz to the Speaker: "Decision to be made in accordance with the procedures
Defense Minister Bnei Gantz today (Thursday) addressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an apartment to stop the transmission of vaccines against the Corona virus to foreign countries and convene the Political-Security Cabinet to hold an urgent discussion on the issue.
PM Netanyahu, Tuesday: "There will be no break in the arrival of vaccines in Israel" // Photo: The Facebook page of the Information Center
In a letter to Netanyahu, to Chief of Staff Meir Ben Shabbat and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, Ganz wrote that Never for discussion in the relevant forums.
The stock of vaccines is an asset of the State of Israel and the statement in your statement, according to which "an amount of unused vaccines has accumulated", while most of the population in Israel has not yet been vaccinated with the second vaccine, is false. "
Ganz asked Mandelblit to examine the issue, arguing that "this is a significant political-security decision, and accordingly it should be made in accordance with the procedures established by law."
He also noted that "this is not the first time that significant security and policy decisions have been made behind the backs of relevant actors in the country, potentially harming state security, its foreign relations and the rule of law.
Israel Today has learned that the three countries with which the vaccines have already been agreed upon are Honduras, Guatemala and the Czech Republic.
Each of them will receive about 5,000 vaccines.
In addition, Israel has already delivered 2,500 vaccines to the Palestinian Authority from its stock, and is expected to deliver a similar amount in the coming days.
Israel is currently delivering about 20,000 vaccines to other countries.
