Defense Minister Bnei Gantz Addressed the Prime Minister today (Thursday) Benjamin Netanyahu Demanding an immediate halt to the process of transferring vaccines purchased by the State of Israel to foreign countries and convening the Political-Security Cabinet for an urgent discussion on the issue. Ganz wrote in his letter that he also approached Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to examine the issue and claimed that “this is a significant political-security decision, and accordingly, it should be made in accordance with the procedures established by law.”
In a letter sent to the prime minister, the head of the National Security Council and the ombudsman, Gantz wrote: Vaccination of vaccines to other countries in the world has never been discussed in the relevant forums. The stock of vaccines is an asset of the State of Israel and the statement in your statement, according to which “an amount of unused vaccines has accumulated”, while most of the population in Israel has not yet been vaccinated with the second vaccine, is false.
The Defense Minister mentioned in his letter that: “This is not the first time that significant security and policy decisions are made behind the backs of the relevant bodies in the State of Israel, with possible harm to state security, its foreign relations, and the rule of law. “.
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Earlier this week, the Prime Minister’s Office announced that Israel had decided to transfer a token amount of vaccines to several countries in the world and to the Palestinian Authority. “In light of the successful vaccination campaign in Israel and being the world’s leader in vaccinating the population, many requests have been received from Israeli countries for assistance in providing vaccines,” the statement said.
“Israel does not produce vaccines itself and has informed applicants that the quantities ordered by Israel are intended to vaccinate its population and no significant ability is expected to assist at least until the vaccination campaign in Israel ends. It was decided to assist with a token amount of vaccines for medical staff of the Palestinian Authority and some of the countries that have approached Israel. “