Against the background of the growing morbidity of the Corona virus and the spread of the British mutation around the world, Israel’s Ambassador to Italy Dror Eder was hosted today on Erel Segal and Avi Issacharoff’s program on 103FM, and told how much Italy is eyeing Israel in the face of the successful vaccination campaign. In the EU to vaccinate the population by vaccination in different countries replied that it will probably take some more time, since, the pace in Europe is completely different compared to the Mediterranean temperament.
How are you?
“In the past day there have been more than 670 deaths, and every day it ranges from 400 to 700 deaths, not on us. Indeed, the morbidity is declining in terms of infections. In the last three holidays in Italy, which today is the third holiday, the ‘de Pana’, which is Santa “The Italian Klaus, who is actually such a witch who gives gifts to children, Italy has turned red.”
What do you mean? So you’re in quarantine?
“Yes, but the closure is not like in March. What it actually means is that people can not do big family parties, and the cafes and places of entertainment are closed. Tomorrow Italy will be orange again or something like that. The thing is that the Italian Ministry of Health, just like in Israel, is still concerned about promoting The borderline infection. ”
As a former journalist, give us a description of Rome these days?
“We brought a delegation of doctors here, so it turned out that during the closure I went to Turin twice, and then I really saw what a yellow area is and what is red. At that time Turin and Milan were red, while Rome was yellow. Turin’s roads were completely deserted, even the airport, I think It’s one of the saddest things. When we landed in Rome we saw that there was a bit more traffic, and even the cafes were open. Look, this is Italy, this is Rome, and it is built on over 40 million tourists a year, but this year they do not have it. By the way, I read a very interesting article today that asks what is Israel’s secret that it was able to vaccinate so quickly. Their conclusion was ‘Long live the nation state’. I mean, Israel is so small, but still manages to move things Faster. “
The English, too.
“Know that the EU has bought more vaccines than any other body on earth. They bought two billion vaccines, but it’s all on paper. The regulation there is so heavy, and they have not approved anything yet. I’ll tell you what, after a year and a half I suddenly understand A riddle I read years ago from the pages of history – how did it happen that Europe did not understand that Hitler was going to destroy Europe itself, enslave its peoples and not just the Jews. Everything is slow here, these are people without anxiety. So I hope they approve the vaccines and start this operation a little More massive, and that we at the embassy will also receive them and get vaccinated. “
By the way, do Jews want to return to Israel?
“This is a good question. The head of the Jewish community in Rome, which is the largest Jewish community in Italy, issued a very interesting press release in which she said, ‘Let’s take an example from Israel about vaccines and how to do it right,’ and many newspapers have published it. “A lot of requests from people who do not exactly have citizenship and they still want to come to Israel and visit.”