Police say enforcing lockdown in Jerusalem different from Tel Aviv
Chief Superintendent Assi Aharoni tells Ynet police did not intervene in mass funerals in order to prevent bloodshed as officers face backlash over needlessly fining people on park benches in Tel Aviv but keeping the rules lax in Haredi areas
Itay Blumenthal, Eli Senyor, Alexandra Lukash |
Published: 02.01.21 , 13:22
A senior police official said Monday that enforcement of coronavirus rules in Jerusalem is different to Tel Aviv, as Israel Police faced a backlash for allowing thousands to gather for two Haredi funerals in the capital.
The police presense in Tel Aviv, however, on Monday appeared to be larger than ususal with dozens of officers patrolling the city s Dizengoff Center in the morning hours, issuing tickers to 20 people drinking coffee and reading paper on benches, meters from one another.