Netanyahu: Protesters outside my home ‘turn off phones’ to avoid quarantine

7 September 2020, 7:06 pm

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Netanyahu, speaking to reporters, claims protesters outside his home are turning off their cellphones to avoid Shin Bet tracking that would put them in isolation over exposure to the coronavirus at the mass gatherings.

He is asked to address Health Ministry data indicating the weekly demonstrations are not driving up infections, and says, “Permit me to smile.”

“They shut off their phones,” the prime minister says, adding that others are doing likewise to avoid detection.

Will Israel be in a lockdown over Rosh Hashanah? “I don’t know,” says Netanyahu, adding that the government is doing everything to avoid — or at least delay — such a move.