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Thursday, October 15, 2020
Tel Aviv shop owners set fire to merchandise to protest lockdown losses
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSmall business owners and others are holding an angry protest in Tel Aviv, throwing their merchandise into the street and setting fires to protest their financial situation under lockdown.
The protest takes place on Jaffa Street, home to many textile and clothing shops.
מחאה מוצדקת מאין כמוה של אנשי הטקסטיל בדרום תל אביב. הם נחנקים. לגמרי. מכירה את הענף היטב מילדות, מהעסק של הורי. כל יום של סגר מקטין את מרחב כנשימה, שגם בימים רגילים מצומצם מאד. pic.twitter.com/tHUKYuK4t4
— אריאנה מלמד (@ariana_melamed) October 15, 2020
“We have a collection of dresses that’s just going in the trash. Now the winter collection is coming, the money is gone, the workers are home, we have small kids at home, we have workers. The bank is calling for answers, what are we supposed to tell them. There’s nothing we can do with the merchandise,” one business owner tells Channel 12 news.
القناة 12:
تظاهرة في "تل أبيب" لأصحاب المحال التجارية أضرموا خلالها النار في العديد بضائعهم وأغلقوا الشوارع احتجاجا على الأزمة الاقتصادية بسبب الإغلاق المفروض لمنع تفشي كورونا pic.twitter.com/TpwnqSUcM4— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) October 15, 2020
The protest comes days after a Tel Aviv shoe store owner threw his merchandise onto the street for people to take. A video of the incident went viral, seen as a sign of the desperation of business owners.
The Times of Israel Community.