Deri: Haredim keeping virus rules ‘far more than general public’

1 October 2020, 8:28 pm

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Interior Minister Aryeh Deri claims the ultra-Orthodox community is following the virus rules more strictly than the general population, amid a huge uptick in virus cases among Haredim.

“The vast majority of the ultra-Orthodox are observing the rules, far more than the general public. There is no other community that is as disciplined,” he tells Channel 12.

“If I am to blame it is for failing to convince [the public] that the Haredim are keeping the rules. They are doing an injustice against the Hasidim,” he adds, noting the Gur Hasidic sect, the country’s largest, has closed its synagogues amid a wide outbreak.