The actors demonstrate in Tel Aviv demanding help from the state: "It is to be or to cease"
Dozens of actors and cultural figures lined up in Habima Square against the backdrop of the severe crisis in the cultural industry, calling on the government to help the affected artists.
The chairman of the Actors' Association, Ricky Bleich: "We are in real financial distress, we will not stop shouting until they pay attention to us - because otherwise there will be no culture left.
We will not stay in the profession "
Sagi Ben Nun
18/01/2022
Tuesday, 18 January 2022, 16:45 Updated: 17:17
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In the video: The actress, Ricky Bleich during the actors' demonstration at the Habima Theater (Editing: Aviad Ballali)
More than a hundred actors and cultural figures demonstrated today (Tuesday) against the government in Habima Square in Tel Aviv, following the crisis in the world of culture and demanding compensation for injured players, under the heading "Enough to play with our livelihood."
The demonstration, initiated by the Shaham Actors' Association, was attended by Riki Blich, chairman of the organization, Yankele Mendel, chairman of Habima, Moshe Kaftan, artistic director, and actors Naomi Lvov, Hani Nachmias, Asi Levy, Yossi Marshak, Sandra Sadeh. , Yehuda Nahari and Daniel Moreshet.
The demonstrators held signs that read, among other things: "Atoms and seventy - you are tired!"
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Demonstration of the actors' organization in Tel Aviv, today (Photo: Reuven Castro)
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Shacham chairman Ricky Bleich stretched out in a conversation with Walla!
Sharp criticism of the government in this matter.
"We are demonstrating blood for our hearts, shouting the cry of the actresses and actors who find themselves again, for the millionth time in the last two difficult years, just standing in a broken trough without knowing how they will support their children tomorrow morning," Blich said.
"We are talking about people who thought they had 30 plays in January and do not have even one, and there is no answer and no answer, and no voice comes out of the Ministry of Finance and there is no talk of an outline," Blich added.
"We are independent and we are in real economic distress and we will not stop shouting and shocking this country until they pay attention to us, because otherwise there will be no culture left. We will not stay in this profession because our profession is disappearing."
Asi Levy at the actors' demonstration, today (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Hani Nachmias in the actors' protest, today (Photo: Reuven Castro)
She reacted skeptically to reports that the Treasury was considering helping the industry.
"I have unfortunately heard sentences like 'The Ministry of Finance is considering' many times already. My more experienced friends from the Independent protest say 'until we do not see money in the account - we do not stop shouting', and so I take this advice, and we will not stop until we see money where the words Now they are standing, "she stressed.
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