Against the background of the criticisms of the committee's functioning, the "Israel Today" reporter entered a meeting held at Ben Gurion Airport • The committee's chairman: "There are sensitive and touching cases"
Documentation from the committee facing the storm:
"Thousands of requests are received every day, as you can see there are representatives from six different government ministries here," said today (Sunday) the chairman of the Exceptions Committee, Sheila Adler, at a meeting attended by Israel Today (video down)
Documentation from the inside: This is how the Exceptions Committee that handles entry and exit requests from Israel works
"We are discussing it on its own merits," said Adler, who serves as deputy director of the Ministry of Transportation. "There are sensitive and touching cases, including people who need to come to Israel to say goodbye to their dying parents, sick people and a host of other cases we discuss while trying. To maintain a low morbidity rate in Israel, and to prevent variants from entering the country. "
Maxim Bitton, representative of the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption: "We work very hard to fulfill our duty and allow entry into the country for the most urgent and important cases. It pained us to see the wrong reports that the committee is acting unprofessionally. We sit here for long hours and discuss each case. To give the best answer. "
As you may recall, the committee received a lot of criticism over the weekend after the article published in the "Ulpan Shishi" program on News 12, according to which ultra-Orthodox people seem to be given priority in granting approvals from the committee.
A confrontation between Regev and Gantz
Transport Minister Miri Regev responded earlier to the allegations, as part of a briefing she conducted at Ben Gurion Airport: "Anyone who says that there are conspiracies in the Exceptions Committee is simply distributing Pike News."
The members of the Exceptions Committee do not know who is asking for it, there is no picture and it is not written whether he is ultra-Orthodox or secular. "
A white brush was given in response to Regev's statement: "It is a pity that Gantz's demand to disclose the Exceptions Committee data and discuss it with the government causes Miri Regev to recover, only that the cancellation of the Exceptions Committee is not within her exclusive authority. And without presenting truth data.Whoever has nothing to hide is not afraid to reveal.
"The investigations and suspicions of misconduct require a discussion in the government. Regev will stand in front of the public and explain: Why did thousands of Israelis in severe distress, the elderly, the disabled and the sick not get approval and others in better condition? Why did not the Minister of Transport The population and the Ministry of Transport?
"The Likud's repeated pattern of hiding data, as in the case of the Corona's protocols, is seriously undermining public trust in the Corona struggle. Ganz will not allow Likud ministers to serve Netanyahu or the public. .
