At Tel Aviv rally, daughter of couple slain on Oct. 7 says government is ‘defiling our dead’
Weekly anti-government and left-wing demonstrations were held Saturday evening in multiple locations across the country to decry the government’s policies on Haredi military exemptions, settler violence, the lack of a probe of Hamas’s onslaught of October 7, 2023, and more, with hundreds attending the main rally at Tel Aviv’s Habima Square.Shir Matias, whose parents Deborah (Shachar) and Shlomi were killed protecting her brother Rotem at their Kibbutz Holit home in the Hamas-led 2023 mass invasion, accused the government of having “violated the most basic contract between state and citizen” by failing to probe the security debacle and seeking to codify the Haredi exemption from military service.“A huge part of the public carries a full burden, and another part is exempt from it,” she told the roughly 300 people who showed up for the rally. “Rights and duties are handed out for political reasons and not for the collective good.”The government…
Hundreds attended anti-government rallies across Israel on Saturday, with the main demonstration in Tel Aviv's Habima Square. Protesters decried government policies on Haredi military exemptions, settler violence, and the lack of an inquiry into the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. Shir Matias, whose parents were killed on October 7, accused the government of having “violated the most basic contract between state and citizen” by failing to probe the security failures and seeking to codify Haredi draft exemptions. She stated, “The government defiles our dead, ignores our suffering and dodges establishing a state commission of inquiry.” Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yom Tov Samia also spoke, criticizing the government for betraying right-wing values on the Haredi draft and failing to defeat Hamas.
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