Source close to PM blasts Knesset coronavirus committee as political

A source close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacks the Knesset’s new Coronavirus Committee overseeing the government response to the pandemic, after it criticizes various aspects of government policy.

The source claims the committee, led by Yesh Atid MK Ofer Shelah and staffed mainly with opposition MKs, has shown itself to be entirely political in nature.

“While the entire world commends Israel’s great success in combating the coronavirus, the committee’s attacks on the decision-making and closure policy are ridiculous,” the unnamed official tells Hebrew media outlets.

The committee in its report criticized slow testing for the virus, strict closures and economic policies, which members said were based on extreme forecasts, rather than realistic ones.