If approved, these measures are expected to come into effect from Tuesday evening at midnight.
The health ministry on Sunday recommended that the government put Italy, the United States, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Morocco, Portugal, Canada, Switzerland and Turkey on the list of countries red – destinations to which travel is prohibited.
These recommendations were raised during the weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers and should be submitted for approval to the cabinet responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic during the day, then to the Parliamentary Committee on Laws and the Constitution.
If approved, these measures should come into effect from Tuesday evening at midnight.
“I will not support any further restrictions until aid to the airlines is organized,” Transport Minister Merav Michaeli warned.
“We are abandoning thousands of employees who have no other means of subsistence, while no action is taken by the Knesset at present and nothing is organized to support them,” he said. she denounced.
“This is a vital workforce and the airlines are a service that the State of Israel must maintain,” she continued, adding that British Airways had already announced the cancellation of its flights to Israel starting tomorrow.
“Who other than Israeli airlines will bring Israeli citizens back from overseas?” She asked, calling on the government to come to the aid of the companies “this week”.
The Law and Constitution Commission on Sunday approved the government’s decision to add the United Arab Emirates, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Finland, France and Sweden to the list from Monday.
The group of red countries already includes the United Kingdom, Denmark, South Africa and several dozen other African countries.
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