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Disability protest resumes: "Do not let go for a moment - until full implementation of the law and the agreements reached"
Disabled people's organizations have warned that they will block roads in the area of Azrieli Junction in Tel Aviv, demanding rights and budgets.
"It is impossible for them to harm us and impose vicious decrees on us, which have no basis and harm the disabled public," they said.
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Sapir Levy
Thursday, 05 August 2021, 17:30 Updated: 18:13
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Live broadcast from the demonstration of the disabled at Azrieli Junction (Photo: Niv Aharonson)
Disabled people's organizations demonstrated again today (Thursday) demanding rights and budgets, while waiting for the implementation of the Disability Allowance Law, which passed in February 2018. About 30 demonstrators block the Ayalon South road in Tel Aviv, before leaving the peace interchange, while police forces secure the demonstration.
"The people demand justice for the disabled," "want a minimum wage," and "a disabled person and not half a human being," the protesters called, demanding that the government abide by the agreements and increase the disability pension to NIS 3,700.
Eyal Cohen, of the "Disabled Become Panthers" group, said last night that "if the Ministry of Finance and the Israeli government want to see disabled people on state roads - tomorrow it will happen.
Spokesman for the Disabled Struggle Groups, Lavi Naor, called on all disabled people to come to the demonstration: "We will all be together in one big demonstration to tell the Treasury and the government that they can not be harmed and sentenced to evil decrees, which have no basis and harm the disabled public."
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Require the implementation of agreements.
Disabled demonstration in Tel Aviv, today (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Last week, the organizations renewed their protest, demonstrating at an early stage across the country, blocking Ayalon lanes.
The organizations claimed that the protest was renewed because the government and the Ministry of Finance are not implementing the Disability Benefit Increase Act passed in February 2018 because a state budget has not been passed for about two years.
A statement issued by the disabled people's organizations at the time stated that "the demonstrations will intensify if the Israeli government, prime minister and finance minister do not respond to our one request - to transfer all the funds that the disabled are supposed to receive by law without any offsets not agreed in the first place The leaders of the struggle. There will be no more compromises, we have started a war for the existence of all the disabled in the country. "
Demonstrator Dalia Atel told Walla!
"Our goal is to reach the minimum wage, but at the moment we are concentrating on getting what we deserve - NIS 3,700. Please abide by the agreement, otherwise from today we will flood you with blockages."
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