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Business owners threaten to open tomorrow in protest of government policy: "People are collapsing"

The "There will be no closure" group appealed to Netanyahu to remove the restrictions on small businesses, and warned that without a response - they would open their gates contrary to the guidelines.

"The closure imposed on Israeli citizens harms everyone, and even smaller businesses," the protest initiator wrote.

Independent protested: "I am prevented from bringing food to the children"

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Dana Yarkatzi

Saturday, October 10, 2020, 3:00 p.m.

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In the video: Shops closed in Tel Aviv following the Corona crisis (Photo: Reuters, Edited by Amit Simcha)

Small and independent business owners have announced that they will return to activity tomorrow (Sunday), if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not approve the Ministry of Finance's request to allow businesses to open up to ten employees without receiving an audience.

The "There will be no closure" group explained that this is a protest against the continuation of the closure, which is being conducted without a clear exit route and adequate financial assistance.

Tamir Berliko, a restaurateur and initiator of the "there will be no closure" protest, sent a letter to Netanyahu announcing that small businesses will open their doors earlier this week.

"The closure imposed on the citizens of Israel harms everyone, and even smaller businesses," Berlico wrote in his letter.

"After in the previous closure they struggled for their economic survival, in this closure despite the past time, it became clear that the state has not been able to find a solution to the distress. If the state does not accede to our request and remove the closure - next Sunday we will open small businesses."

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"The closure imposed on Israeli citizens hurts everyone, and even smaller businesses"

Berliko set up a Facebook page under the title "There will be no closure", which has so far garnered about 62,000 participants and supporters.

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NEWS He explained why he started the protest.

"In the past I was an air crew member, all the members of the squadron love the country very much. My father was a prisoner, an IDF invalid, all people for whom the state is important," he described.

"Everything here is political, and everyone is frustrated.

" "Why not let someone as professional as Projector Roni Gamzo run it, and why for seven months they did nothing?" He protested. "These poor businesses are not huge companies with a lobby.

Let's stress so that there will be someone who will take care of these small businesses of adults who have a small barber shop, upholstery or falafel stand. "Berliko stated that he did not receive a reply to the letter he sent to the prime minister.

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"There are no exit plans and no trust."

Berliko (Photo: Courtesy of the person photographed)

Tomorrow, Berliko is expected to meet the business owners who will take part in the protest, but he emphasizes that even before that, some have decided to open.

"Yesterday I was in Beer Yaakov, a toy store opened and suddenly it sells kiosk products," he said.

"The state causes people to be combinators. There is no feeling of a leader saying 'I am with you'. Everything is in high words, we will transfer funds and Plan A and Plan B, but nothing happens. Everything is talk and people are collapsing."

"At this rate I reach for a turnip."

Mochoni (Photo: courtesy of the photographer)

Heli Mohoni, a beautician in Kfar Saba, plans to open the business tomorrow.

"I am a mother of two girls. With the grants they give me I can not get anywhere, I am not even able to pay rent," she said.

"If I continue to close the business and wait for the government at this rate I get a turnip, and giving the self-employed less than the minimum wage it seems funny to me."

Mohuni expressed concern about violating the guidelines, but explained that "we are in a state of survival. Not just me, all the small independents. Why should I be afraid to accept my clients, if we keep the rules and are with masks? Except the government locksmith does nothing, and no "Upgrades the health care system. Once the closure is opened, the level of morbidity will rise, so for how long should I close? There are no answers."

"Stop me from giving food to my children"

The Forte Foundation, owners of "Urban Retro Garden" for the sale of garden equipment, will also return to activity tomorrow.

"I'm going to open a landing page with the products of the planters in the yard, whoever wants can come. Today whoever wants to come can't because he risks a fine," she explained.

"The most basic right to freedom from the person is taken away from him. I cannot bring customers because of these illogical guidelines. I want to go show them a planter, a policeman stops me, gives me a fine and sends me home."

"The guidelines are on the verge of an illegal ordinance," she continued.

"I want to work. I don't have the basic right to make a living and move from side to side. People are dying to be afraid to open for fear that the neighbor will tell me. They stop me from doing the most basic thing - giving my children food. I have no other way to make a living."

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