The invitations of families of all the MKs were cancelled, except for the three new Knesset members, who were also told to discourage their family members from attending.
By GIL HOFFMANAn empty Knesset Plenum (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
The 23rd Knesset will be sworn in on Monday in three groups of 40, the Knesset said in an official statement on Thursday night.The invitations of families of all the MKs were canceled, except for the three new Knesset members, who were also told to discourage their family members from attending.Diplomats and the press were also disinvited from the Knesset plenum.Channel 12 had reported that Health Ministry officials said the Knesset would be excluded from the directive prohibiting gatherings of more than 100 people as a result of special restrictions due to the spreading of the coronavirus. Such an exclusion would permit the swearing-in ceremony and other meetings of the Knesset. The decisions happened after the Knesset’s director-general and legal adviser checked with the Health Ministry on Thursday regarding the impact of the new directive on the Knesset.
