Health Minister Yuli Edelstein posted a tweet today (Thursday) on Twitter against Knesset members from the Yisrael Beiteinu party, after some of them, he said, distributed “Pike News” in recent days, on the subject of corona vaccines. Edelstein called on party chairman Avigdor Lieberman to announce whether the MKs’ remarks represent the party’s position or alternatively to declare that they are acting on their own accord and to encourage the public to get vaccinated.
The Minister of Health’s tweet comes after a number of controversial statements by Knesset members of the Yisrael Beiteinu list. About a week ago, MK Eli Avidar was interviewed on 103FM and said that he does not intend to take the vaccine against the virus.
In recent days, there have been cases of distribution of Pike News and calls not to be vaccinated by MKs of Yisrael Beiteinu. I would like to understand from the chairman of their party, Avigdor Lieberman, whether this is a solid position of the faction and the party. Ann No, I would like to join the call for the citizens of Israel to get vaccinated in order to defeat the plague together.
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– Yuli Edelstein Yuli Edelstein December 17, 2020
“I have a lot to say about this campaign that are starting to stress the country and want to vaccinate everyone who moves, when they should not and should only vaccinate people in a risk group, I am not in a risk population, I am not afraid, I feel healthy, I maintain my health, so why Should I get vaccinated? “, Said the MK, who added that the call to vaccinate the entire public is an attempt by the prime minister and the Ministry of Health to put the country into” hysteria “, he said.
Avidar’s remarks were also joined by MK Yulia Malinowski, who said on 103FM that “I feel that vaccines are being used for political purposes. I do not care what happens in the world, I want to hear experts “. According to her, discussions should first be held in the Corona Committee, in the presence of experts who are not “experts on behalf of”.
In light of many questions addressed to me on the subject: I intend to get vaccinated in accordance with the policy of the Ministry of Health and the priorities to be determined by the risk groups.
Wishing health to all.
Happy Hanukkah !– oded forer Oded Forer (@oded_forer) December 17, 2020
Following Edelstein’s tweet, the chairman of the Committee for the Advancement of Women, MK Oded Forer, also from the Yisrael Beiteinu party, responded on Twitter, announcing that he intends to take the vaccine against the corona. In his tweet, Forer wrote “I intend to get vaccinated in accordance with the policy of the Ministry of Health and the priorities to be determined by the risk groups.”