The night curfew planned in 40 localities defined as "red" - will take effect on Tuesday at 19:00

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by Ifi Reporter Category:Government Sep 7, 2020

The night curfew planned tonight in about 40 localities defined as "red" due to the high level of morbidity in them will take effect on Tuesday at 19:00, due to a delay in formulating the list of authorities. Yesterday, the Committee of Ministers for Restricted Areas approved a night curfew and transferred the education system to distance learning in red localities, and the ministers were supposed to decide today which localities would be included in the list.
Formulation of the list of localities designated for the curfew includes a hearing: The professional teams subordinate to the project of the struggle in Corona, Roni Gamzo, inform the head of the authority that they intend to impose a closure on him, and allow the opponents to explain themselves. This process prolongs the determination of the list. The Ministry of Health said in a statement: "The ministry is holding a consultation with the mayors where a night closure was planned. At the same time, the ministry's professionals are checking the city data. The final list of cities will be published after the approval of the ministerial staff for restricted areas tonight."
The curfew is supposed to apply every day from 19:00 in the evening until 5:00 in the morning for a week. During the curfew, residents will be able to move up to 500 meters from the house, except in special cases that will be detailed below. Businesses will also be closed except for essential businesses. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew yesterday from the intention to impose a point closure on ten cities, in the face of opposition from ultra-Orthodox mayors.
Yesterday, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu impose a closure on the entire country ahead of Rosh Hashanah, instead of a point closure on red cities. This is in contrast to Gamzo's plan, which sought to impose a full closure on ten localities. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein also began to oppose a full closure on red localities, although he supported Gamzo's position last week. A source told Haaretz that Edelstein was "convinced that it was complex and unsafe and effective."
In addition to the Minister of Health, senior officials in his office also opposed the imposition of a full closure and believed that a night curfew could be sufficient, even before the heads of the ultra-Orthodox authorities put pressure on the matter. Such a closure does not include a ban on entering and leaving the city, limiting distance from home, and allows the activity of the education system to continue until the fourth grade. According to sources, the seniors thought that the morbidity could be reduced with a concentrated effort of testing, cutting off chains of infection, advocacy and enforcement.The ministers of the Committee for the Definition of Restricted Areas approved Sunday evening a night curfew for about 40 red cities - a proposal that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier brought to a vote, according to which the closure - under which traffic in those cities will be limited to 500 meters except for food and medical treatment. - Will apply from 19:00 to 05:00. Also, the same institutions will not operate the educational institutions - except for non-formal education - and non-essential businesses will also be closed from that hour. It should be noted that the list of authorities has not yet been published.

Shortly after the ministers' decision, Netanyahu issued a statement saying that "in the last day, 10 more cities have been added to the list of red cities and we have already reached 40 red cities. The professional sources recommended imposing a uniform night closure on all these cities The gathering.
"I know that these restrictions are not easy, but in the current situation there is no escape from them. Although mortality in Israel is still among the lowest in the world, with all the sorrow for every loss of life, and the number of serious patients is still stable - but never resilience.
"Professionals warn that in the high morbidity situation in Israel, the trend could be reversed at any moment with the dangerous addition of critically ill and dying patients and the risk of collapse of the medical staff treating Corona in hospitals. The decision was considered, responsible and committed to reality."
Earlier, under pressure from the ultra-Orthodox, the discussion in the Ministerial Committee for Defining Restricted Areas was postponed as part of the treatment of the corona virus, where a decision was to be made on the red cities to be closed, due to "delay in accepting the proposal." At the same time, Netanyahu and Ministers Aryeh Deri and Yaakov Litzman met again at the last minute to discuss alternatives to the closure.
The meeting, which was also attended by MK Moshe Gafni, Science Minister Yizhar Shai and National Security Chief of Staff Meir Ben Shabbat, dealt largely with the crisis of trust created between the ultra-Orthodox public and the government.
The ultra-Orthodox claimed that "it is impossible to take any step or move before restoring the lost trust. How do we explain to our public why it is possible to hold mass demonstrations and prayers outside is forbidden? How do we explain closure?". They were outraged at the way the decisions concerning them were being made and demanded that Netanyahu examine, as noted, alternatives to the closure: "Our public has not yet recovered from the first closure, both mentally, health-wise and economically."
Netanyahu: A red city is chosen according to scientific results, not because of harassment
Also, after Prime Minister Netanyahu said last week that "a decision has been made to impose a closure on the red cities" - tonight he released a video in which he stressed: "Right now, in Israel, there are dozens of red cities. A red city is chosen not because of harassment or arbitrary decision. "Scientific results, the number of patients and the rate of morbidity - and this is mainly focused on Arab and ultra-Orthodox localities."

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