The Bnei Brak municipality is considering ceasing cooperation with the state in all matters related to handling the coronavirus, if a decision is made to impose a lockdown on it on Monday, Aharon Rabinowitz reported in Haaretz.
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According to the report, a source involved in the city's affairs told the newspaper that the municipality discussed the possibility of closing the municipal coronavirus task force in such a case and "handing over the keys to the government.".
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Mayor Avraham Rubinstein, who in recent days expressed displeasure over the possibility of a lockdown being imposed on Bnei Brak, is expected to make a decision on the matter early this week.
According to a report by Yair Sharki from News 12, this evening (Saturday) a Zoom call between the mayors of the Haredi cities and Major General Roni Noma and the Health Ministry staff exploded. This was after the mayor of Bnei Brak said: "This is supposed to be a legal hearing on a lockdown? I don't accept it. A hearing is held physically with legal representation, not like that. It's unacceptable and not serious.".
Rubinstein left the Zoom session, followed by the other mayors. A physical meeting between the parties was scheduled for tomorrow.
So, residents of Bnei Brak started the group 'Bnei Brak, this time not silent' this evening.
One of the group leaders wrote: "As you know, our city is facing a lockdown, and this group was opened for a specific purpose, which I will explain now.
""Anyone who knows and experienced the first lockdown knows that it was a hard blow. I won't bore you with descriptions, and I'll suffice by saying that certain families reached the point of starvation and business owners were forced to close the businesses they had built with their ten fingers. It was a shocking experience that left us, men and women alike, in doubt about how we would bring bread to the house and how we would take care of our children, especially with the economic situation outside. So after we opened it, we understand that a lockdown is not something we can accept with our heads bowed and our feet bowed.".
Yisrael Beiteinu chairman, MK Avigur Lieberman, responded this evening: "Instead of a lockdown, it's time to bring order here. It's time for the prime minister and his reserve partner to stop giving in to the whims of Litzman and Deri and impose restrictions only on red cities and not a general lockdown that harms the entire country. And if they can't do what's needed, let them move and give it to someone who isn't afraid of the haredi parties.".
