JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli government has announced its intention of imposing a lockdown over the course of the festival period in September if the coronavirus statistics continue to rise as they have been for the past month. Prime Minister Bennett has said that such a lockdown is dependent on the success of the vaccination drive in curbing the spike in infection but chareidi elements are incensed that the government did not even consider a lockdown during the vacation period but rather insisted on keeping the country and the borders open despite the significant rise in infections, many of which originated from abroad.
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The Chatzros Kodesh organization which represents a number of Chasidic communities has declared that “as the festival period comes closer, we are witness to a worrying development. Despite the fact that there were numerous professional reasons to make a lockdown due to the spread of coronavirus a month ago, the Bennett government has acted nonchalantly and irresponsibly.
“Now it is clear to everyone that their goal was to delay the lockdown until the festival period. Apparently the “July-August vacation” is more important to them than prayers and supplications during the High Holydays.”
The organization issued a declaration, stating that “the chareidi public will wage a fierce war with all measures at its disposal to ensure that a lockdown during the festival period will not be relevant.”
The director of the Chatzros Hakodesh organization, Rabbi Shimon Blau, told Bechadrei Chareidim that the organization has different methods of fighting the lockdown and called on the public to prepare as usual for the festival period, stating that “we won’t let infections and the lack of government response harm the holy aspects of our lives.”
The organization called on the public to be responsive to their directives regarding the festival period.
Some chareidi journalists have also stated that they will not obey a closure which is specifically earmarked for the festival period. However others explained that the threat of a closure is merely a ploy to persuade those who have not yet vaccinated to go and vaccinate, since this could lower serious infections and prevent the need for a further closure.
They allow gay parades to March in Jerusalem and elsewhere. We should fight back. No chareidi should follow this evil secular Torah hating government.
It is not and should not be a surprise that the Chareidi public views any declaration by this government with suspicion. This government has given them nothing but Lieberman, Lapid & Kahana who have only made decisions to harm them.
This government should make other calculations and decisions, as any lockdown during the chagim will be a waste of time.
Bennett should understand the saying that you reap what you sow.
Some people prefer to part of the problem and not part of the solution
OK, so now you read the headline. So when unvaxxed Charedim get sick during the Yom Tovim season, who will they blame?
close down now and reopen for rosh hashana. whats their excuse? either way enough of lock downs. lock downs are a form of chemo therapy and you can’t do it foreever. Its 18 months already and life must move on Be it what it may be. get vaccine of no anti bodies and you’ll be fine. enough already. Glad they will reisist
And away we go.
Get the dang vaccine and shut up. Jeez!
Dr. MENGELE also forced injections in the name of science.
Ho hum. Today is bring the vitriol day against Hareidim. Maybe the fine people here want to cram it in before Rosh Chodesh
“However others explained that the threat of a closure is merely a ploy to persuade those who have not yet vaccinated to go and vaccinate,”
This is a ploy, and it is being enacted practically speaking by coercion, not just persuasion – and this is because of a lack of understanding of the minor nature of the virus (which has never been isolated) and its more essential cause by 1) the intensive use of glyphosate (the generic name for Monsanto’s neurotoxic herbicide ‘Roundup’ that is used in many, many GMO foods, even in the harvesting of some organic crops, and also in bio-diesel that is breathed in from bus fumes, etc.), and 2) from EMFs, especially from WiFi and 5G which are also cause intensive immune-system weakening and other related maladies – the radiation effect being attributed to major Covid outbreaks whenever 5G was rolled-out last year in several major urban regions.
“since this could lower serious infections and prevent the need for a further closure.”
A creative approach to attribute things both ways. If the writer really believed the ‘vexxine’ could lower serious infections, he wouldn’t call the so called ‘persuasion’ for its use a ‘ploy’. As far as ‘a need for further closure’ – this is a (BigPharma and Telecom based) political decision and has nothing to do with actual solid science.