The Israeli government has been incredibly stupid in deciding to allow thousands of people into the country every day. There is no other way to describe it.
All manner of coronavirus mutations will enter Israel and spread throughout the population, putting the entire vaccination effort in jeopardy. Those of us who are already concerned about the British and South African variants of coronavirus that have already infected Israelis will remember them fondly when new and far more potent strains appear.
Even the looming elections and the desire to please the respective voter bases cannot explain this foolishness by Israel's ministers.
Not only will thousands be allowed into the country without any way to ensure that they do enter quarantine, the ministers decided to make quarantine unnecessary for anyone who has recovered from COVID-19 or who has been vaccinated - despite the risk of them bringing in new, more deadly strains of the virus.
Israel has only just begun to emerge from a third lockdown triggered by extremely high morbidity and the strain on hospitals' ability to treat COVID patients. Opening the country to new forms of the disease could land it right back in the same medical crisis.
Just days ago, the Health Ministry reported that cases of the potent New York variant had been discovered in Israel. In the Arab sector, hundreds of cases of COVID caused by the South African variant have already been confirmed.
While CDC chief Rochelle Walensky warned Americans this week about the dangers of the new variants, Israel decided to throw caution to the wind and open its doors.
Health officials fear that Israel will see worst-case scenarios when restrictions on businesses are removed on Sunday and children of all ages return to school.
There will be thousands if not tens of thousands of victims infected by the rapidly spreading virus over a number of weeks, potentially leaving hospitals inundated with patients suffering from severe lung disease.
If the government's aim is to attempt to bring about herd immunity, good luck to them and good luck to all Israelis.