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Senior officials in the health system against Bennett following his family's trip: "Does not set a personal example"
Senior officials criticized the prime minister's family for going on holiday abroad days after he recommended avoiding flights. "Maintaining public trust is critical in times of crisis," said Prof. Hagai Levin. Personally, it's a shame "
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Meirav Cohen
Wednesday, 01 December 2021, 22:30 Updated: 22:34
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In the video: a trip by the Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, and the Minister of Health, Nitzan Horowitz (Photo: GPO)
Senior health system stretched tonight (Wednesday) criticized the trip the family of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett holiday abroad. According to them, fight the epidemic could get hurt following a lack of compliance with the recommendation of his relatives against flights, following the discovery of a variant corona Omicron.
"I do not think there is justification professional Close the sky now or in the past.
"Priorities must be considered in the event of a global epidemic and non-essential travel abroad must be reduced," clarified the chairman of the Association of Public Health Physicians, Prof. Hagai Levin. "Personal example and maintaining public trust are critical in times of crisis."
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"Personal example is critical in epidemic management."
The Bennett family (Photo: Walla !, Ariel Zandberg).
Other senior officials have issued similar criticism.
"Personal example is critical in managing the epidemic," said one of them.
"Unfortunately, throughout the plague, public figures have repeatedly not really set a personal example, both in Israel and in the world. It is a great pity."
"Lapid's trip was not in place either and seems even more problematic to me, nevertheless it is the prime minister's wife compared to Lapid who himself has a position," he claimed.
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid took off for a vacation this weekend, ahead of Bennett's press conference.
The prime minister's family planned to fly to Mauritius and canceled the holiday after it became a red state.
They later decided to take off for a country in Europe instead.
"I understand the criticism, but since Friday we have learned more about the variant," Bennett responded to the allegations.
"Everyone goes out according to all the restrictions and of course will be in isolation as required."
After Bennett's call to refrain from flying at a press conference on Friday, the government decided that African countries, with the exception of the countries of the north of the continent, would be defined as red and the entry of foreigners from them would be banned.
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