The President asked to meet with protesters who were happy outside his residence and made it clear to them: "This is an emergency - I will send your cry to the decision makers."

State President Reuben (Ruby) Rivlin met Sunday with the independent business owners who demonstrated outside his residence. The president of the president's house went out to the protesters and listened to their allegations, and then two protesters asked to come in with President Rivlin, who made it clear to them: "It is an emergency that is like a war situation and we need to see the whole picture without giving anyone away."

Rivlin meets with the self-employed and business owners in the president's house // Photo: Avi Kenner - GPO

Lucy, one of the protesters, a kindergarten teacher in private kindergarten 3, told the president: "We receive nothing, not even grants that have been passed on to us and most of us have not received. "There is no neat plan and we are told - go ahead." 

Independent protest founder "I Shulman" Abir Read, explained to the president: "60 percent of those employed in the economy are private business employees. We must shoulder, not only in this crisis, but now more than ever. We are a forgotten public and at this difficult time it is very important to us that the Ministry of Finance and the Head Office The government will act faster because what is happening outside can lead to anarchy. We expect our elected officials to give a personal example and show us how they also bear the burden on such difficult days. "

Rivlin replied to them that he would do everything possible to convey their outcry. "You have to address your claims that your outcry is true but not worth threatening. I know that without the children returning to their parents' kindergarten, they will not be able to return to work and I know that the public cannot protect your account. First of all, I assure you that everything you told me will be passed on to decision makers. You have to see the complete picture without giving anyone away. You have come to me and heard your words and I will deal with them. "

In Israel, there are over half a million self-employed and business owners, most of whom have closed their businesses in the face of the crisis, with the need to continue paying expenses and payments such as rent, insurance premiums, taxes, etc. while revenues have been completely stopped. As previously mentioned, the self-employed and small business owners seek to compare their rights in the form of unemployment benefits to employees' rights, and to set up a business compensation fund.