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Lockdown in Bnei Brak ahead of Passover
On April 2, the Israeli government decided to
impose an almost total closure on the Ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, because of the Coronavirus,
with extreme restrictions not applied on other parts of the state. The restrictions include
prohibiting the entering and exiting of the city, which is home to 185,000 people, except for limited urgent needs after getting a written approval, like medical treatment not available in its boundaries.
The closure imposed on city of Bnei Brak isn't unique in the worldwide response to the Coronavirus, and also not even close to the limitations on freedom of movement and blockades that Palestinians living in the West Bank or the Gaza are experiencing on a daily base.
What is interesting in the story of of Bnei Brak, is how easily the Israeli High Court of Justice (Bagatz) approved its closure, despite the belief in many western capitals that Bagatz is a reliable institution that could be trusted to keep the Israeli government in check.
The aerial distance between Bnei Brak and Tel Aviv is only six kilometers,
but these are two different planets. While Tel Aviv is a rich, secular and cosmopolitan city,
Bnei Brak is an ultra-Orthodox city whose population is among the densest and poorest in the State of Israel.
Comment: This trial-crisis was engineered. It forebodes an inevitable, irreversible lockdown of humanity calculated to concur with earth changes, food shortages and cosmic events. 'Plan' on it.