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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, June 28, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Disabled protesters block central Tel Aviv highway
The Ayalon highway through central Tel Aviv is stopped for kilometers at the height of rush hour after a handful of disabled activists rode their wheelchairs onto the four-lane expressway.
The activists are calling to increase disability grants for the severely disabled to equal the minimum wage.
They are a splinter group who broke ranks with the country’s largest disabled rights organization last year after the latter agreed to an increase to disability benefits negotiated with the Finance Ministry. The protesters say the increase was not enough.
Police are at the scene and urging the public to take alternate routes.
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