A handful of disabled protesters and activists on Thursday blocked a major highway in Tel Aviv for about an hour as a part of a marketing campaign for increased incapacity stipends and pensions for the aged.
Southbound visitors on the Ayalon Highway was stopped for kilometers throughout rush hour after a few wheelchair-bound activists closed the highway.
The protesters have been calling for presidency stipends for the disabled and aged to be elevated to NIS 5,300 ($1,500) in order that it matches the minimal wage.
There have been related protests in Jerusalem, Haifa, and Beersheba, however they didn't cease visitors. This was the primary time the disabled protesters held 4 demonstrations concurrently.
The protesters are a splinter group who broke ranks with the nation’s largest disabled rights group final yr after the latter agreed to an increase to incapacity benefits negotiated with the Finance Ministry. The protesters say the increase was not sufficient.
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Even although police have been in a position to take away the protesters after an hour, there have been lengthy delays as visitors slowly began to circulate once more.
After a yr of negotiations and dozens of wildcat protests blocking roads and snarling visitors, the Knesset in February raised the month-to-month stipend to NIS three,700 ($1,050). However, activists say that that is inadequate to fulfill their primary wants.
“The State of Israel makes a unilateral law about the disabled stipend without coordinating or agreeing with the leaders of the disabled struggle and continues to leave the disabled of Israel in poverty and abandoned,” stated Ayal Cohen, chief of the protest group.