On Thursday night, new year’s eve according to the Gregorian calendar, thousands of police officers were deployed around Israel in order to break up illegal New Year’s Eve parties. All such parties are considered illegal this year as the country is still in lockdown.
According to Channel 13 news, Israeli police have asked the general public to report on their neighbors to the authorities if anyone sees other people hosting gatherings. According to the rules of the lockdown, no single person is allowed to be inside the residence of another, and no pubs, bars, or restaurants are allowed to be open.
In addition to asking the public to out their friends and neighbors, the police have also set up checkpoints on highways between cities, as well as inside certain metropolitan areas and will be performing random sobriety tests.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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4 Responses
All such parties are considered illegal this year So much more illegal next year, when it would entail חילול שבת חס ושלום
Col Hacovid! I’m happy to see the great work of preventing more deaths.
typical, In Israel they always ready, to participate in Gojische minhogim and holidays,
only the jewish ones they dont keep. This should be a jewish country.
To Yankele1: You seem to have it backwards. The police were stopping secular celebrations. That’s good for the Jews who want a religious state. And in a pandemic, its good for the Jews who want to be alive on the next Rosh Hashanah.