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Israeli PM’s aides accused of flouting quarantine rules

Topaz Luk and Reuven Azar face claims after official trip to the US

September 22, 2020 12:03
Benjamin Netanyahu
1 min read

Two senior Israeli officials have been accused of flouting quarantine rules after a trip to the US, just as the country entered into its second coronavirus lockdown.

Topaz Luk and Reuven Azar, both advisers to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, were reportedly seen outside their homes last week despite orders to isolate for five days, according to Haaretz.

The Israeli newspaper reports that Mr Luk was seen filming protesters at an anti-Netanyahu rally Sunday night, while Mr Azar was spotted grocery shopping in a Jerusalem supermarket on Friday.

They had returned from an official visit to Washington DC for a signing ceremony at the White House to formalise Israel’s Trump-brokered normalisation agreements with the UAE and Bahrain.