Bennett: Vaccine refusers are endangering the entire country

22 July 2021, 8:20 pm 2 Edit

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett holds a press conference at his office in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2021. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reiterates his call for all eligible Israelis to get the COVID vaccine, and says the 1 million Israelis who refuse to get vaccinated are endangering the rest of the country.

“Every citizen over age 12 who doesn’t have a medical reason not to must go get vaccinated,” Bennett says in a live primetime address from Tel Aviv.

“One million Israelis are refusing to get vaccinated,” he adds. “They are endangering the entire population, they are endangering the other 8 million citizens in the country.”

Bennett says the decision of those million Israelis not to vaccinate could cause the entire country to require a fourth national lockdown.

“If you know a vaccine refuser, convince them, explain to them that they are risking other’s health, says Bennett. “Don’t give up on them.”