A day after the cabinet decided to apply a green label in stores of more than 100 meters in malls, mall owners and restaurant owners make it clear that much damage will be done to businesses.
At the same time, the world of culture is following with concern and anticipating heavy damage that will be caused in the near future.
Uri Abel, CEO of the Seven Stars Mall in Herzliya, said yesterday: "I think it's delusional to require stores of more than 100 meters to work with his green daughter, because they will not be able to afford it.
There is a restriction of entry to the mall complex with a purple mark of 1:15 meters.
Adherence to this restriction is not a problem, because we have an automatic counting in malls.
Regarding cafes and restaurants - it should also be run under a green label.
I hope they send inspectors to enforce this.
We will not be cops.
Also, someone has to compensate the food business that could be damaged. "
Shai Berman, CEO of the Restaurant Association, commented on the outline and said: “This is a severe restriction on the fast food business, which can only work on takeaway.
These are businesses that will have to close because it will not be economical for them.
It's like closing them without compensating them. "
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Samir Bishtawi, owner of the restaurant "Sedfa" in Cinema City in Be'er Sheva, added: "What will they do with the children and the unvaccinated? Families come to restaurants with the children, so it will hurt us a lot. Now we have to look for a babysitter, and it will be a story to go out."
Follow with concern
Meanwhile, even in the world of culture and events, people are following with concern what is happening on the ground, where on the one hand there is a central and alarming trend of cancellations, and on the other hand, a loyal audience is reported elsewhere, who is not afraid and continues to arrive.
Eliran Bardugo, event producer and leader of the struggle to save the world of culture and events, describes real chaos when he talks about the cancellations of business events of global and commercial companies: "The Israeli government acts as if it does not understand its impact on the Israeli public. Responsibility, will instill fear and terror among the Israeli public, and will lead to enormous damage to our industry without first thinking and announcing an immediate compensation outline. "Stop talking and scaring, or announce today immediate compensation for any damage we have to suffer."
Performances in the Yarkon (archive), Photo: Koko
Rami Beja, a producer and owner of a ticket office, and one of the people active in the committee to save the world of culture since the outbreak of the corona, also describes a difficult situation: " From Sunday. We did not receive a single invitation, only cancellations. You will not see many such cancellations in the theater, because this is an audience that is mostly subscribed, and if he does not come to the show he can come to the show another day.
"Once the prime minister appears on television and says not only not to gather, but also to recommend to those who can work from home - how will people go out in the evening for a show? We are learning waves and can not continue working like that."
In the large repertoire theaters, meanwhile, there is not a large trend of cancellations, although most of the audience that needs theater is an adult audience.
"At Habima, for now, we are not canceling anything. We are not receiving notifications of cancellations, and we are continuing in full swing," says Noam Semel, the CEO. "
Participated in the preparation of the article: Shlomi Diaz and Yaron Doron
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