MK Eli Avidar (Yisrael Beiteinu) has announced that he has been vaccinated against COVID-19.
His office stated that "The decision to get vaccinated was due to private family reasons and out of his sense of responsibility as a public figure."
"MK Avidar has been careful throughout the last few months to carry out regular PCR tests - which came back negative - out of the same sense of personal and public responsibility. MK Avidar does not oppose vaccines, and his entire family has been vaccinated. At the same time, he has previously expressed his opinion that he appreciates each person's personal freedom to choose what happens to his own body."