P.M Bennett and Health Minister Horowitz cancelled cell phones surveillance of Corona patients

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz have decided to cancel the General Security Service's surveillance of the cell phones of Corona patients who are supposed to be in solitary confinement.
 Surveillance returned following the South African variant Omicron. Following the public criticism of the surveillance, five days after it was received, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health decided to give up this surveillance tool. The statement said: "At midnight, emergency regulations approved by the government for the use of cellular surveillance by the General Security Service for locating verified in the Omicron strain will expire.
In accordance with the pre-defined policy in the Corona Cabinet, according to which the use of surveillance by the General Security Service will be limited and daily, and in view of the current situation assessment, the Prime Minister and Minister of Health decided, In the last week of the effort to amputate the adhesive chains. The reactivation of the placements will be examined according to the circumstances of the illness. "
Coalition members were quick to welcome the decision. MK Efrat Reitan said: "The right decision of Roham and the Minister of Health to stop the use of GSS IDFs. And one less struggle. "The chairman of the Meretz faction, MK Michal Rosin:" I welcome the decision of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health to stop the GSS 'training today. The use of IDs is an implementation of an intelligence tool designed to prevent terrorism against civilians, when there is not enough data on the new breed and its necessity is not clear. "
MK Gilad Karib also supported: "The Prime Minister and the Minister of Health should be congratulated on the right decision to stop using the GSS 'capabilities in the fight against the spread of the Omikron variant. The decision proves that the current government is acting proportionately, addressing health challenges "Preservation of the basic rights of the citizens of Israel. This is the approach that should also characterize future steps."