Culture minister slams Edelstein, says lockdown shouldn’t be on the table

Culture Minister Asaf Zamir (Blue and White) criticizes Health Minister Yuli Edelstein who said earlier that the decision by a Knesset committee to reopen restaurants will bring a new lockdown upon Israel.

Blue and White MK Asaf Zamir at the Knesset on May 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

“The world ‘lockdown’ shouldn’t even be in our lexicon,” Zamir says.

“The economic ramifications of the coronavirus will be more severe than the health ones.”

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