"The other state bodies don't have the necessary technological means to aid this effort,'' Argaman said in a statement. His centrist Blue and White party chief and fellow retired military chief, Benny Gantz, also criticized the move. Netanyahu acknowledged the technology had never been used before on civilians and would involve a certain degree of violation of privacy. Among various other measures, Israeli health officials have put out public advisories ordering tens of thousands of people into protective home quarantine. The lead editorial on Tuesday in the liberal Haaretz daily warned that the fight against the new virus in Israel was threatening individual rights.

Source: The Standard March 17, 2020 10:41 UTC