Screen capture from video showing crowding at Ben Gurion Airport, December 13, 2020. (Channel 12 news)
1. Seeing red: There are many questions, and few good answers, as Israel reaches the dolorous mark of 3,000 deaths from the coronavirus.
The first question is “what the heck is going on with the airport?” in response to reports of overcrowding and returnees from so-called red countries (those deemed high-infection areas) not being tested after they disembark.
“Open skies failure,” reads the top headline in Yedioth Ahronoth, which features pictures of said overcrowding (but also of people being tested there).
“If the airport were a city, it would be under lockdown. I have no way to explain why they are not testing those coming from red countries,” public health expert Ran Balicer tells Army Radio.