After criticism of US trip, minister reveals she went to meet her surrogate baby – Merav Michaeli faced backlash over her travel against government recommendations, but censure stops as she shares news of her new child, Uri | Timesofisrael

Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli revealed on Saturday that her widely condemned trip to the United States was undertaken for the purpose of meeting her first child, newly born through surrogacy.
Michaeli — whose ministry has a leading role in the coronavirus policies at Ben Gurion Airport — faced negative media coverage over the weekend, after it was reported that she had gone on vacation in the US despite the government’s officially stated position that those without good reason to travel should avoid doing so amid raging COVID-19 infections.