Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman said that residents of charedi-dominated localities are being treated in a “discriminatory and degrading” manner as the coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread quickly in chareidi communities.
Litzman, who was recently diagnosed with COVID-19 himself, made his remarks after the city of Ramat Gan put up barricades along its border with the charedi city of Bnei Brak, which has a high infection rate and is under a government lockdown.
“I urge the mayor of Ramat Gan to avoid meddling and creating friction between the populations [of the two neighboring cities]. The residents of Bnei Brak and the entire ultra-Orthodox population should not be discriminated against,” said Litzman.
Bnei Brak city workers have begun taking down the fence.
Bnei Brak Mayor Rabbi Avraham Rubinstein said, according to the report, “The coronavirus epidemic will eventually pass, but the inhumane conduct of Ramat Gan Mayor Carmel Shama-Hacohen will be remembered in infamy.”
The interior ministry has ordered that the fence be taken down. (JNS.org)
{Matzav.com Israel}
The police and army are parading around Beit Shemesh now. I haven’t seen them offer to help anyone, rather they just try to look intimidating and the police make sure people are in bidud. It’s all unfriendly and aggressive as usual.
You got it all wrong. Police and army do not parade in Beit Shemesh, or elsewhere. They are out to help. Your comment is dripping with hatred for your fellow Jew. You see in them what really is in your heart. כמים הפנים לפנים כן לב האדם לאדם
And who were among the first people who brought the coronovirus to Israel? Ramat Gan citizens who had been on cruise ships!
Really? Let’s see what Arutz 7 has to say on the subject. Direct quote:
“The IDF continues to assist Israeli citizens as part of the fight against the Corona virus. Today (Tuesday) food packs were distributed to 118,635 citizens nationwide. Approximately 15,000 of the cases were distributed in the city of Bnei Brak by soldiers of the “fire” design. The cases include dry products, vegetables and fruits and toilet paper. So far, IDF forces have been assisting 192 sheltered homes around the country. Today, assistance has begun in geriatric institutions across the country. The IDF has so far opened 12 hotels, eight of which are intended for housing patients and four of them for isolated housing. In addition, up to this time, 10,169 blood donations were collected in the IDF.”
Mr. Israel, are you a liar and slanderer ?