The leaders of the Equality March in a letter to the heads of the political parties: "Commit to our goals document" | Israel today

In a letter sent by the protest leaders to the leaders of the political parties in which they were invited to participate in the end of the march this coming Thursday in Jerusalem, they made it clear that participation in the event is conditional on committing to the document of demands on which they have worked for many months and which distills the necessary steps in order to change the inequality between the center and the periphery in the areas of housing, transportation, welfare, Education and health.

Hundreds of marchers went out yesterday (Sunday) afternoon from Kiryat Shmona, Kfar Giladi and Be'er Sheva to the Knesset building in Jerusalem under the title "If the Knesset does not come to the periphery, the periphery comes to the Knesset".

This is a collaboration of dozens of civil organizations, which express concrete demands for the integration of the periphery in the platforms of the parties in the upcoming elections and in protest of the gaps between the periphery and the center.

"If the Knesset does not come to the periphery, the periphery comes to the Knesset" marching on the way to Jerusalem,

In Israel 2022, the chance of a child from the periphery to improve his economic situation by the end of his life is the lowest in the West.

The differences in matriculation scores are enormous, the residents of the periphery live on average about 4 years less than those living in the center, and the salary is about half of the salary in the geographic and economic center, according to the brains.

Dozens of organizations joined together with the aim of putting a spotlight on the inequality in Israeli society, reducing the institutionalized gaps between the periphery and the center and demanding equality and justice for the social and geographic peripheries in the upcoming elections.

The marchers are made up of social activists, mayors and regional and local councils, youth movements, social organizations and concerned citizens who will march together from the south and the north towards the Knesset, demanding that the leaders of the parties recognize the gaps that exist between the center and the periphery and incorporate into their platform a list of demands whose existence will significantly reduce the gaps that exist between the periphery and the center.

Periphery versus center, photo: Yehoshua Yosef, AFP

The organizers of the march said: "We are fed up with words, the time has come for a change. For a correction in the order of priorities and a reversal of the power relations between the periphery and the center. In no government, whether right or left, have they really worked for equality between the periphery and the center and in these elections we are determined to change the equation. A country that strives for justice And fairness should allow every girl and boy an equal opportunity for personal growth and fulfillment, and for all communities to live in well-being and existential security. If the State of Israel wants to be like that, it needs to understand that its future lies in the periphery."

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