On the way to the cemetery nobody is interested in if it was called "lockdown" or not. The situation in the city is not simple. In our neighborhoods there is a serious spread of the contagion. Unpopular steps must be taken.

  -- Yechiel Weingarten, UTJ City Councilman in Ashdod

finally, a UTJ politician not just saying populist statements but recognizing that the virus is spreading and steps must be taken to prevent it