Knesset member Eliyahu Hasid (United Torah Judaism) has written an order-of-the-day request to bring to the Knesset's agenda the matter of, in his words, "harassment of the ultra-orthodox at Shiba Medical Center," Israel's largest hospital which is located in Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv."From testimonies of visitors and patients, the ultra-orthodox suffer systematic discrimination and insults. As soon as they enter the hospital, they are all treated as if they are seriously ill corona patients," Hasid said."Anyone with an ultra-orthodox appearance suffers abuse and discriminatory treatment by the staff at Shiba Medical Center," Hasid added.

Prime Minister Netanyahu made a sudden departure followed soon after by his return to a Corona Cabinet meeting. Netanyahu excused his departure as a "national necessity."

The Women of the Wall have asked the mayor of Jerusalem "to set up registration in advance for visiting the Kotel during the High Holidays in the month of Tishrei."The Women of the Wall consists of Jewish women who pray with tefillin (phylacteries) and prayer shawls and read from Torah scrolls in defiance of tradition since these practices throughout the generations have traditionally been performed Inly by men.

Head of the Samarian Regional Council Yossi Dagan reacted with disgust to the opening of full diplomatic relations between Israel and the UAE at the expense of delaying application of sovereignty to Judea and Samaria."Netanyahu deceived the voters and sold out Judea and Samaria for a piece of diplomatic paper. I still expect the prime minister to announce that sovereignty will be applied. There is a limit to the cynicism and trickery of Netanyahu," Dagan said in a conversation with the Kan Beit Network.

Minister of Culture and Sport Hili Tropper (Blue and White) voted against legislation that would prevent someone from serving as prime minister if that individual were In trial for felonious crimes."We did not change our position that it is not right that the prime minister of Israel should be under a cloud of criminal wrongdoing," Tropper said."But the State is the midst of an unprecedented crisis. In such an economic, health, and social crisis, we need to act responsibly and break everything up into pieces. We truly want to give every opportunity to maintain a stable government.""At the same time, everyone knows who wants to have new elections and who wants to prevent them," Tropper added, hinting at Likud's supposed desire for another round of elections.

A new commission has been set up by the government that will decided whether or not to allow women to serve in elite IDF units.Former IDF colonel Matan Kahana (Yamina) reacted to the formation of the commission with concerns that the criteria for evaluating women's capacity in these units be restricted to professional considerations or physical ability alone."I am of the opinion that in any units, such as those concerned with piloting aircraft, where physical strength is not a main parameter, women should be welcome to serve. However, in field units where considerable physical prowess is needed, bringing in women would not be appropriate," Kahana said.

Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee holds dicussion In state's failure to respond to PA takeover of Area C.

Knesset member Moshe Arbel (Shas) has expressed alarm over rapid Palestinian expansion and construction in Area C, which constitutes over 60% of Judea and Samaria and is home to 400,000 Israelis."This is an extremely serious development," Arbel said."I asked the Foreign Minister if he was aware that the European Union is investing millions of shekels in trying to determine future borders. Their activities are illegitimate and illegal. I was happy to learn that the Foreign Minister Ashkenazi recognizes this activity as a very serious problem," Arbel added."We should not be relinquishing land to Palestinians that we will cry about later," he concluded.