High-profile COVID-19 lockdown breachers fuel Israeli mistrust

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Public anger has deepened in Israel over a bitterly unpopular second coronavirus lockdown after reported violations by high-profile figures, ...

A spokesman for the family of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his wife's decision to summon a hairdresser to their official residence, saying it was part of her efforts to contain the virus.A family statement said Sara Netanyahu booked the appointment ahead of filming a"video, in which she called on everyone to wear masks".

Sara Netanyahu's alleged quarantine infraction came after environmental protection minister and Netanyahu ally Gali Gamliel travelled to Tiberias - 137km from her Tel Aviv home - on Yom Kippur. For Denis Charbit, a political scientist at the Open University of Israel, the"transgressions" of prominent figures serve as a justification for ordinary Israelis to breach the lockdown.

Within the opposition ranks, lawmaker Miky Levy of the Yesh Atid party resigned from parliament's coronavirus committee following media reports that he spent Sukkot in his son's home.Netanyahu won praise for his initial response to the coronavirus outbreak in March, but surging transmission in recent months and the renewed restrictions have hurt him politically.

 

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