Israel’s Cabinet Secretariat issued a stiff warning to ministers overnight: Carry your gas masks at all times.
A Channel 2 Television report showed all-but-one of Israel’s government members arriving for yesterday’s cabinet meeting without their gas masks.
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Home Front Command orders instruct all Israelis to carry their gas masks at all times.
The order is being flouted by the vast majority of Israelis, who say they do not believe there is any urgency in the situation.
The ministers received a rap on the knuckles for not setting the correct example.
By the way, the one minister who did carry his gas mask was Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz.