Following the Israel Hayom revelation: The Likud party is demanding this afternoon (Thursday) to open an immediate investigation into what they call the "bribe deal" offered by Naftali Bennett - "budgets in exchange for silence" - in an attempt to hide from the citizens of Israel the extent of his Corona failure.
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The Likud says: "The demand for an investigation came following the revelation of the bribery deal that Bennett proposed, in which he demanded that hospital managers lie and mislead the public regarding the dimensions of the coronavirus failure under his responsibility, in exchange for a budget increase of billions.".
Israel Hayom reported this morning that Naftali Bennett's entourage pressured hospital administrators not to report, not to warn, and not to interview the media about the hospitals' inadequacy in treating coronavirus patients in serious condition.
According to the report, conversations with five senior managers of large hospitals in Israel indicate that the government's official agreement with the Ministry of Health and hospital managers on the addition of hundreds of medical staff positions to treat patients also included a secret and unprecedented memorandum of understanding that was arranged and determined orally.
According to a senior official in the Ministry of Health, in addition to the "silence," the government made an unprecedented demand, for the first time ever from the Ministry of Health, "to lower the standards of medical care in order to say that it is possible to provide care for coronavirus patients and not enter a lockdown" - and the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, even warned the government that "coronavirus patients may die on the streets.".
The Prime Minister's Office responded by saying that the newspaper advertisement was "false and unfounded.".
""There was no such demand from hospital administrators, neither officially nor by implication, neither in writing nor verbally. At the helm of hospitals in Israel are first-rate administrators and doctors, excellent and honest professionals who save lives every day. Any attempt to cast doubt on their professional integrity belittles our best doctors, who are on the front lines of the fight against Corona day and night.".
""The Prime Minister is proud of the move to strengthen the health system by thousands of standards after years of neglect. In light of the increased resources, the Prime Minister asked hospitals to prepare to continue dealing with the pandemic and to explain this to the public in order to prevent panic and strengthen the citizens of Israel. All the other things that appear in the article simply did not happen in reality," the Bennett office's response stated.
