Prime minister under fire for “shocking” remarks attributed to him at cabinet meeting on COVID vaccine for school children
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is once again facing heavy criticism over aggressive tactics to persuade Israeli parents to vaccinated their children against COVID-19.
At a cabinet meeting held just before the start of the school year on September 1, Bennett was quoted by Channel 13 News as saying he’d like to see Israeli parents shame one another into vaccinating their children.
“I want the parents of those who vaccinated their children to put pressure on the parents who did not vaccinate. I want the parents to compete with each other. Let them fight,” said Bennett, according to the report.
Israel’s National Parents Association on Monday called the revelation “shocking”, and demanded that Bennett “rescind his statement and, most importantly, allow all Israeli children their basic right to study in educational institutions with tests or vaccines, and not only with vaccines.”
