Yamina chairman and former Defense Minister Naftali Bennett on Saturday night responded to reports that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had waited until now to order that people entering Israel be required to undergo coronavirus testing.
"It is a pity that we had to wait for about 50 deaths from coronavirus a day to make a simple decision that we have long called to be made - to test incoming passengers. Terrible foolishness. The Netanyahu government's oversight regarding Ben Gurion Airport has created a huge hole through which thousands of carriers of coronavirus and its variants have entered, while life is being shut down here. We will rehabilitate Israel," he said.
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