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The culture industry will come to protest against Balfour: "There has been no livelihood for half a year, Bibi's solution is ridiculous"

Against the background of disappointment and anger in the world of culture from Netanyahu's proposal to hold cultural events only in the open air, a large demonstration will be held tonight in front of Netanyahu's residence, which will also include a performance by the Philharmonic. Guy Lowell: "We are not treated. Netanyahu dismisses and defines the theater as a 'radical left'"

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Against the background of the crisis in the world of culture and dissatisfaction with the partial solution formulated by Prime Minister Netanyahu - holding outdoor performances - another large demonstration will take place in the afternoon (Tuesday) in front of the Prime Minister's Residence in Balfour, Jerusalem. The demonstration is expected to be attended by artists and representatives of many institutions and cultural bodies, including the Forum of Cultural Institutions, Shaham - Israel Actors' Association, and EMI - Israel Artists Association, rejoicing in "the helplessness leading to the collapse of cultural institutions, workers and artists in Israel Of the world of culture in Israel. As part of the protest, institutional workers, composers, actors, musicians, dancers and other industry workers are expected to immigrate to Jerusalem in a convoy of vehicles, where they will hold various cultural performances and demonstrations in protest of what they call the "destruction of Israel's culture."

"Netanyahu's solution to cultural events abroad is ridiculous," he told Walla! Culture of the actor Guy Lowell, Deputy Chairman of Shaham. "When you do a show in the open air you have to adapt it to that. It means you can not use existing theater performances. How many shows like this will you be able to do during this period? How many people will it give an answer? It's a far-fetched solution and it will not work. Sometimes, very few people will make a living out of the 250,000 people who do not work. "

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Lowell is expected to speak tonight at the demonstration. "In the short time they opened the theater, I managed to do three plays," he says. "Invite the audience at ten-minute intervals, starting an hour and a half before the show, enter from four separate doors, and seat the audience in capsules, with masks on their faces and at a distance. There is no safer than that. It is a solution that allows "Are you not ready to put 250 people in a hall with a thousand seats, while you are ready to put 300 people on the plane? It is so distorted. They have created a situation here that is impossible, they are simply abusing the population."

"All industries have opened up, except the culture industry. If gyms, sports halls and flights can open - theater can also open. Okay, limit the number of people and the rules of the yeshiva, you can find conditions for that. After all, it is not a disturbed audience. It's a different crowd of older people who will take care of themselves, and no one will break the rules. The thought of people rubbing against each other unnecessarily is distorted. The demon knows what, Netanyahu with all his hypocrisy and slogans that he really likes to disperse. He really likes to separate the people. Hatred is a tremendous force. There are regimes throughout history built on hatred, and Bibi discovered the patent. So he spreads this hatred in all directions, And in that context, too. "

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One of the extraordinary and interesting protest performances will be the performance of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in front of the Prime Minister's Residence. Avi Shoshani, Secretary General of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, stated: "The solution that has been raised regarding open-air performances does not provide a proper solution for the Philharmonic Orchestra and many other cultural bodies. During the two weeks that the orchestra was allowed to perform in front of an audience, we adhered to all the guidelines of the Ministry of Health in the strictest possible way, in order to maintain the health of the orchestra's dedicated audience, and indeed no infections were recorded during the concerts. Fitness clubs, hotels and restaurants are open - there is no justification for not opening the cultural halls as well, under restrictions of course. The state has completely abandoned the cultural institutions in Israel, in a way that does not exist in any other country. In Germany and Switzerland, for example, the state provided orchestras with between 80 and 100 percent support during the Corona period, to allow the families dependent on them to continue to exist. Tens of thousands of workers in the cultural industry in Israel have not been earning a living for almost half a year, and the uncertainty about the future is unbearable. "

Danny Weiss, CEO of Meditech and Chairman of the Israel Cultural Institutions Forum, said:" All cultural figures - artists, creators, producers and workers , Held captive by a government that refuses to accept the recommendations of its own professionals. Senior officials from the Ministry of Health with whom we met clarified that there is no impediment for them to gradually open the cultural halls as early as the second half of August. So far their recommendation has not even been discussed. "We call on the government and its leaders to transcend foreign considerations, listen to the recommendations of professionals, gradually and safely open the halls of culture, restore the source of livelihood to tens of thousands of unemployed people and bring the world of culture back to life."

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