Erdan says no point to 500 meter restriction

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan says people should be allowed to conduct sports activities, adding that there is no point to prohibiting people to go beyond 500 meters from their homes if certain shops are expected to open under the easing of the virus restrictions.

“As soon as we decide to allow commerce and shops to open there is no reason to restricting people to 500 meters from their homes and it is not possible to enforce that limitation, so I will act to have the restriction annulled when the Cabinet meets tonight,” Erdan tweets.

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan visits a temporary checkpoint near the ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, April 7, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

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