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Rare passengers at Ben Gurion international airport near Tal Aviv during the Covid-19 lockdown.
, the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) said, urging authorities to relax an entry ban that, it says, violates human rights.
All entry points into Israel by land, sea and air remain shut tight since January 25 as part of the Benjamin Netanyahu government's measures to prevent the new coronavirus variants from getting into the country. No one may come or go,
except the few who have received a special permission from the Exceptions Committee.
The harsh restrictions that resulted in thousands of Israelis being stranded abroad
are "extremely problematic from a constitutional perspective and are without parallel in the democratic world," IDI experts said, in a paper submitted to Israel's Deputy Attorney General, Raz Nizri, on Sunday.
Australia, France, Germany, UK, Russia, the US and other nations have tried different approaches in tackling the virus, but all of them have allowed their citizens to return, the institute pointed out.
Comment: As Donald Trump Jr. pointed out, Andrew Cuomo should be held to the standards that he has held other to:
Biden's press secretary, Jen Psaki, said that POTUS supports an independent investigation into the allegations against Cuomo. Now that there's enough pressure on Cuomo to force him to act, he has called for an "outside review" of the sexual harassment claims. He wants the NY AG and chief appellate judge to pick an independent counsel to conduct the investigation.