The Government Appointed Manager of the COVID-19 situation, Ronni Gamzu, held a meeting on Sunday focusing on the topic of allowing foreign students into Israel at the start of the Elul semester, which is slated to begin in less than three weeks.
Participating in the meeting was Head of the Jewish Agency Isaac Herzog, representatives from the National Security Council, the Council for Higher Education, the Health Ministry, and others. At the meeting, it was decided to accept and ratify the proposal of Shas Head and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, and allow the students into Israel, provided that the heads of the educational institutions take responsibility for the students and make certain that the students enter into full isolation for a two-week period upon arrival.
According to a report that appeared in the Kikar Shabbos news website, among the 17,000 students expected to arrive, only 6,500 of them are from the Chareidi community. The rest are from the Modern Orthodox community or are secular.
In addition, Chareidi MKs are still pressuring the government to allow for more attendees to gather in shuls, restaurants, and hotel dining halls, requesting that each of these spaces be allowed to host people up to 35 percent capacity of the room.
“The Chareidi public is losing faith with the Health Ministry. They will not continue to adhere to the laws prohibiting more than 10 people in a minyan when tens of thousands are allowed to attend a protest and stand in close proximity to one another,” sources from the Chareidi parties told the Health Ministry during the meeting.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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They will not continue to adhere to the laws prohibiting more than 10 people in a minyan when tens of thousands are allowed to attend a protest and stand in close proximity to one another</em. Absolutely!! So correct not to endure these wicked Double standards. Same wickedness of de Blasio's double standards:- Don't tolerate double standards.
ummm, to 147, unlike NY, the Israeli government is not promoting the protest and encouraging everyone to come. Regardless, since when do the frum Jews learn from others like that? Does that really make sense? Are people not concerned for Corona? Just because people protest and gather in large groups we should also be able to pack people into shuls?? The frum areas are the hardest hit. We should all do our part for preventing the spread.
YWN – can I ask why, when you list the expected numbers, you have “Chareidi” as one group and “Modern Orthodox and Secular” as another group? As Frum Jews, wouldn’t it make more sense to group all Shomrei Torah uMitzvos together, rather than split off part of those who keep the Torah and put them with those who do not believe that “Torah min hashamayim”? Is the Torah learned by and spiritual development of those whom you refer to as “Modern Orthodox” somehow worth less than those of the “holy” Chareidim?
an Israeli Yid
@anIsraeliYid – depends on who you ask. Israeli Charedim simply don’t understand the question, to them almost everyone from Chutz l’Aretz is not a real Charedi and his share in Eretz Yisroel is only in supporting the Charedi Moisdos. To the non-Israeli Charedi, who think they are the cream of the cream understanding how to be both Charedi and live in the modern world, like having WhatsApp and a computer at home for parnossa, with a filter of course, but letting their kids use the computer for “Chinuch”, they know they are better than anyone. The rest of the kaldik shomrei Shabbos world, like the so called Modern Orthodox are worthy of kiruv so they should be allowed to come in.
Oh and why is the non-Israeli Charedi better than anyone else: because he has money of course!