A senior Likud official says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to replace the chairwoman of the Knesset’s Coronavirus Committee shortly after she spoke out against the government’s decision to close beaches on weekends and shutter restaurants starting Tuesday, save for delivery and take-away.
“It is not possible to continue working like this,” the senior official says in a quote leaked to various Hebrew media sites.
Earlier this evening, Yifat Shasha-Biton told Channel 12 that her panel will demand data justifying the closures in order to sign off on them.
She said her panel will discuss the issue tomorrow, despite claims by fellow Likud MK Miki Zohar that the committee would no longer be tasked with reviewing the government’s coronavirus measures, after Shasha-Biton and her fellow members voted to reverse the cabinet’s decision last week to shutter gyms and pools.
Zohar made the declaration after folding from an earlier threat to replace Shasha-Biton, amid opposition from the Blue and White party.
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