Two days after two women were murdered, about 100 women waved signs with the names of women murdered by their spouses • Minister Ganz went out to them: "He was elected a public that should act"
About 100 women demonstrated this morning (Wednesday) in Jerusalem in front of the Knesset with signs that read the names of women who have been murdered by their spouses in recent years, as a protest against violence against women.
The protest comes after two women were murdered in Haifa and Be'er Sheva on Monday.
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At a certain point in the demonstration, Defense Minister Bnei Gantz went out to the demonstrators with some ministers and MKs from his party in order to talk to them, while they shouted at him to "release the budgets."
Bracha Barad, executive director of the Kolan organization, noted that the demonstration took place "to look the decision-makers in the eye and ask them what they are doing to prevent the next murder.
The public has awakened and so must decision-makers. "
Revital Refaeli, a gender equality activist who is organizing another demonstration that is expected to take place later today in Jerusalem, told Israel Today: "There are a lot of women who go through daily violence. Murder is the tip of the iceberg of violence against women and discriminatory treatment of women. "Budgets for the issue. There is no body that handles such cases, we depend on NGOs. A girl who is injured is in a state of 'you are against the world'. The issue is silenced and they prefer to ignore it, it is mentioned only when a murder occurs.
Naamat chairman Hagit Peer intends to take part in a rage demonstration that will take place tonight in Be'er Sheva in protest of the violence against women: "We are fed up with speeches, committees and discussions.
There is a plan to combat domestic violence that the government itself approved in 2017. All that needs to be done now is to pass on the promised budgets and implement it.
Since then, only a small part of the budgets have been transferred. "
Pe'er also referred to the effects of the corona virus on women suffering from violence, saying the outbreak of the plague exacerbated their condition: "The mental and economic pressures have turned many women's homes into real prisons where they are imprisoned. The writing on the wall and the next murder in the doorway. That the issue will be part of the government's priorities? "
