Council member for Smotrich: We are ashamed of the cynical exploitation of a pensioner in a difficult time

March 19, 2020   

The confrontation between Mayor Elad and the Minister of Transportation: Israel Porush threatened this morning (Thursday) that he would open the yeshivot after the Ministry of Transportation "imposed a curfew" that prevents thousands of yeshivot students from returning to their homes. In response, the Office of the Minister of Transportation responded that "the mayor of Elad has been engaging in petty and violent politics of lies, slander, and insults since yesterday.". Porush threatens: There is no transportation, I will open the meetings • Smotrich: Spreading lies The one who stood by Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich in the confrontation was Barak Tsabari, a member of the Elad City Council from the Yeshi faction, who sent the minister a "letter of apology" for the mayor's conduct. "I commend you for your preparedness and professional activity during such a difficult time," Tsabari writes. "We followed the events with Elad Mayor Yisrael Porosh regarding public transportation - I and the majority of the public in Elad truly apologize for the mayor's conduct and statements. "What you have been through in the last two days, we in Elad have been going through every day in recent years. We are ashamed of the cynical exploitation of such a difficult time by the mayor." Tzabari continues: "We ask not to be strict, as the majority of the public here in Elad understands the danger of the virus and ask you to continue exactly according to the instructions of the Ministry of Health and not to endanger the public. "We ask you at this time to be the responsible adult and force the mayor to obey the instructions and not play with human lives." The council member mocked Porosh in the letter: "By the way, this is a mayor who won the election solely because he managed to bribe in amounts that even the virus could not achieve. Again, may God bless you, rise and succeed. Your leadership is measured precisely in situations where children rule cities.".