Bereaved families rally at Defense Ministry: ‘This is not what my son died for’

Bereaved families protest against the government's judicial overhaul, outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, March 23, 2023 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Bereaved families protest against the government's judicial overhaul, outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, March 23, 2023 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Dozens of members of bereaved military families demonstrate outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv.

Gavriella Zimmerman, whose son Amir was killed in 2004, says that she felt she had no choice other than to protest.

“As a bereaved mother it’s hard to wave the flag, but I feel like I am on the edge of the abyss — one small push and we will fall in and won’t come back again,” she tells the Walla news site.

“This is not what Amir died for, a ruined country,” she says.

 

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