‘We hope to make a change to stop this madness’: Striking protesters cram onto trains

Hundreds of people crowd train platforms in Tel Aviv, with many trains not stopping as they are already full.

People waiting on the platform cheer and clap as every train rolls into the station.

Two women who preferred not to be named say they work as researchers at Ichilov Medical Center.

“We were allowed and even encouraged to go the strike in Jerusalem. We decided to take the train while others from the hospital were supposed to get to Jerusalem on buses. We hope to make a change to stop this madness. We are scared of the proposed legislation,” one says.

As the train was rolling into the next train station hordes of people were waiting at the platform, unable to get in.

“This is really scary, someone may fall. But it is really important that we are here and we made it,” says the other woman.

As the train doors opened, people could be heard chanting “democracy” as they wait for more trains to arrive.