Many world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, participated on April 24 in a videoconference organized by the World Health Organization to launch the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had apparently decided to steal the headlines just two hours earlier. In a videoconference of his own, Netanyahu discussed the coronavirus pandemic with six other heads of states from Austria, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, Czech Republic and Greece.
According to a statement issued by Netanyahu’s office, the leaders discussed their strategies for lifting restrictions that were put in place for the coronavirus crisis and also shared thoughts on ways to prevent a second wave of infections. . And while Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz hosted the conference officially, Netanyahu was clearly one of the main engines behind the organized meeting.
