Likud Minister of Aliya and Absorption Yoav Galant is the latest top-ranking official to have violated the government’s own restrictions, banning Israeli citizens from celebrating the Passover holiday together.
Channel 12 reports that Galant hosted his daughter who lives in Tel Aviv for the whole seven days of Passover, despite the curfew imposed on the Seder night and the last day of the holiday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted his son on Seder night, while President Reuven Rivlin also hosted family in violation of regulations, as did Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman.
A spokesman for Galant says that “in view of the current protracted situation, the minister’s daughter, Or, who lives in Tel Aviv, has moved to her parent’s house from the beginning of the curfew, and until a return to normal.”
Aliyah and Absorption Minister Yoav Galant of the Likud, is seen in this September 2019 file photo. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
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