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Proposed weekend lockdowns won’t begin this weekend, TV says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA proposal to impose a lockdown during weekends that the government is expected to approve this evening won’t take effect this weekend, Channel 12 news reports.
The network cites opposition from the Blue and White ministers and a request by Prime Minister Netanyahu for the Knesset’s Constitution Law and Justice Committee to begin preparing legislation for the lockdowns that can be fast-tracked next week.
Blue and White is reportedly pushing for protests to be exempt from the lockdowns and for limiting the distance Israelis can exercise from their homes to 500 meters.
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