Bat Yam Mayor Tzvika Brot on Thursday instructed city schools to prepare to vaccinate high school students when the new school year begins on September 1, despite Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton’s opposition to the plan.
Shasha-Biton, who has been accused of being a “COVID denier,” said last week that vaccinating students in schools “is a crime.” Her comments were slammed by senior health officials, who noted that vaccinations have been administered in schools in Israel for decades.
However, despite the fact that the government hasn’t issued orders for state schools to vaccinate students, Brot wants to increase the number of teens in Bat Yam who are vaccinated. The mayor of Tel Aviv followed suit, ordering schools to prepare for a vaccination campaign, and the mayor of Petach Tikvah also expressed support for vaccinating students but said he will wait for government orders.
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz supports vaccinating children in school, saying the more children who are vaccinated the better. About 34% of Israelis under the age of 20 have been fully vaccinated.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Shasha-Biton, who has been accused of being a “COVID denier,” said last week that vaccinating students in schools “is a crime.” & Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlita who is the Godol haDor said we should vaccinate, so Shasha Biton is doing crime by telling people to ignore directive of the venerated Godol haDor.
The more this government is defied by the citizenry and local elected officials the better it is for the total dissolution of this wicked leftist government.
The gadol Hador was not asked this shayla recently with all the data coming in about myocarditis. It has been verified that he said no such psak for kids and it was a very big lie
The proof that R’ Chaim never gave such a psak is that Bnei brak is not lining up to vaccinate their kids. Do you research. People with boots on the ground in Israel verified this is a totally untrue psak. Maybe his grandson is pro-vax but R’ Chaim never gave such a psak