Education Minister Limor Livnat was hospitalized for a few hours last night after she lost consciousness at the conclusion of a meeting in the Khan Theater in Jerusalem. She had been holding a meeting on the funding of cultural institutions in Jerusalem, but on the way to her car, she suddenly collapsed on the sidewalk. Her guard and another man administered first aid, and a Magen David Adom team that arrived quickly on the scene whisked her off to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. After a few hours of treatment and observation, the minister was released to her home. No reason was given for the collapse, although Livnat herself attributed it to "hard work and lack of eating."
Minister Livnat began her day yesterday at 6 AM - "as I do every day," she said - and continued with a tree-planting ceremony with the visiting Italian Deputy Prime Minister, a 90-minute tour of Latrun, two meetings at the Knesset, and a speech in honor of Sites Preservation Day. She was to have followed her Khan Theater meeting with a trip to Tiberias to distribute monetary prizes to athletes.
Moshe Debi, press advisor for Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and who has served other ministers in this capacity in the past, told Arutz-7 today that in fact, Israeli government ministers work very hard: "Minister Shalom's day, for instance, begins with a detailed briefing at 6:30 AM, and from there he continues on to Jerusalem - unless there's a meeting in Tel Aviv or the like. The ministers do not rest or eat in a set manner; this cannot be scheduled in because so many things happen unexpectedly or take longer than planned. They don't have rest in the afternoon [except 70-year-old Justice Minister Tommy Lapid, who takes a 30-minute nap each day - ed. note]... Minister Shalom arrives home very late at night - rarely as early as 9 PM. Last night, for instance, he arrived around 12:30. It's a downright hard day - one meeting after the other, with emotional and physical pressure."
Minister Livnat began her day yesterday at 6 AM - "as I do every day," she said - and continued with a tree-planting ceremony with the visiting Italian Deputy Prime Minister, a 90-minute tour of Latrun, two meetings at the Knesset, and a speech in honor of Sites Preservation Day. She was to have followed her Khan Theater meeting with a trip to Tiberias to distribute monetary prizes to athletes.
Moshe Debi, press advisor for Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and who has served other ministers in this capacity in the past, told Arutz-7 today that in fact, Israeli government ministers work very hard: "Minister Shalom's day, for instance, begins with a detailed briefing at 6:30 AM, and from there he continues on to Jerusalem - unless there's a meeting in Tel Aviv or the like. The ministers do not rest or eat in a set manner; this cannot be scheduled in because so many things happen unexpectedly or take longer than planned. They don't have rest in the afternoon [except 70-year-old Justice Minister Tommy Lapid, who takes a 30-minute nap each day - ed. note]... Minister Shalom arrives home very late at night - rarely as early as 9 PM. Last night, for instance, he arrived around 12:30. It's a downright hard day - one meeting after the other, with emotional and physical pressure."