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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Holocaust survivors rally against overhaul, Ben Gvir’s planned national guard
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSeveral Holocaust survivors hold a demonstration near the President’s Residence against the government’s judicial overhaul legislation and the plan to form a national guard answering to far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
In the rally, held as Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, the survivors hold up banners saying: “Do not dare do anything that resembles what was done to our people — no to a militia in Israel.”
Another banner says: “No to Ben Gvir’s militia.”
Rally organizers issue a statement saying: “The victims of the Holocaust are crying from the earth, no to this regime coup. Anyone who endured the Holocaust and their descendants must cry out over what’s happening today in the State of Israel. This is an outrage.”
מספר ניצולי שואה הפגינו היום מול בית הנשיא נגד ההפיכה המשפטית.
"נספי השואה צועקים מן האדמה לא להפיכה המשטרית הזאת. כל אלה שעברו את השואה וצאצאיהם צריכים לזעוק על מה שקורה היום במדינת ישראל, זו שערורייה".צילום: מרגו pic.twitter.com/IRmhOqTg2k
— Hadar Gil-Ad | הדר גיל-עד ???? (@HadarGil) April 18, 2023
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