Deputy A-G: Huldai lacks the authority to open Tel Aviv's cultural events

• Date: 17 January 2021
• Published date: 17 January 2021
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

In his announcement, which he also addressed to the Culture and Sports Minister, Chili Tropper, Nizri clarifies that the decision to open cultural events is in the hands of the government, not in the hands of the heads of local authorities.

Nizri wrote that "the legal way to open cultural institutions to the public is through the abolition of the ban or though the non-extension of its validity by the government."

"Of course, as...