Karine Elharrar, the Israeli energy minister and delegate to the COP26 in Glasgow, was unable to participate in talks or hear Naftali Bennett speak due to a lack of disabled facilities.
Ms. Elharrar, who has muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair, was offered a space on a shuttle bus that could not accommodate her wheelchair or told she would have to walk to the talk venue. In an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 news, she said:“The only way they said I could come in was to walk on foot for almost a kilometer, or to board a shuttle that was not wheelchair accessible,”
Israel’s foreign minister Yair Lapid wrote on Twitter:”A note to the organizers of #COP26 in Glasgow: it is impossible to safeguard our future and address the climate crisis, without first and foremost caring for people, including ensuring accessibility for people with disabilities.”
