Israel’s intelligence minister, Gila Gamliel, is hosting Prince Reza Pahlavi in Jerusalem

On October 3, 2020, Gamliel tested positive for COVID-19. Gamliel did not at first disclose to investigators from the Health Ministry that she traveled from her home in Tel Aviv to Tiberias for Yom Kippur during a national lockdown. She had instead told investigators from the Health Ministry that she caught COVID-19 from her driver. Upon the disclosure that Gamliel apparently violated the lockdown and was not forthcoming with health investigators, the Movement for Quality Government in Israel called for her to resign from the Knesset.

April 17, 2023 | 6:24 pm