Thousands of self-employed protested under the slogan: "The People Against the Disconnected,"

Under the title "The People Against the Disconnected," on Saturday evening, about 1,000 people - including employees and self-employed - demonstrated at the Charles Clore Garden in Tel Aviv, as well as other locations in the country. Protesters protested the economic damage they suffered as a result of health guidelines for dealing with the spread of the corona virus. Parallel to Tel Aviv, similar demonstrations were held in Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba and Kafr Qasem. Ynet broadcast live demonstration in Tel Aviv.
Actor Ran Danker spoke at a rally in Tel Aviv "I came here as an artist and as an independent," he said. "Tens of thousands of people from the world of culture and the stage who have no idea when they will return to work sit in the dark. I am here to stand with the employees, teachers, the self-employed and anyone in need of immediate solutions. "- and not a plank - that will save us from the flood."
Protest organizers said at the opening of the event in Tel Aviv that "it is a consolidation of many protests that have so far gone on their own, but now everyone understands that to move the government indifferent to more than a million civilians who lost their livelihoods in one moment and cannot continue to pay rent, electricity bills or To buy food, a joint action is needed. Unfortunately, so far, everything the government has given is paracetamol to a cancer patient. "
Liran Itzhaki, one of the founders of the Independent movement, said: "The routine of the State of Israel will be a routine of protests. Everyone is waiting for us to run out of streets, but we will not run out of power. We have come to say 'enough, so far.' "Teachers don't know what to do with the kids, parents don't know whether to go back to normal."
Uri Waltman, a member of the "Standing Together" leadership, added: "They just don't count us. They are cut off, the establishment of a national emergency government, renters, mortgage lenders, one in four do not know what will happen to him tomorrow morning. "We won't accept it. Netanyahu, got in trouble with the wrong people. They know they 'spread' them. In the coming weeks we will teach you how much power we have when we come together."
In a demonstration in Tel Aviv, some social and political organizations took part, such as "Power for the Workers", the Standing Together Movement, the Restaurant and Bar Association, the "Strong Restaurants Together", the "Social Justice" faction in the Histadrut, Human Rights Rabbis, the Circle of Workers Union, Association of Family Caregivers and More. At the beginning of the Corona crisis, the "Standing Together" movement drafted an economic plan called the "100% Coalition" and demanded that the government pay workers who went on vacation 100 percent of their salary. Today, employees who leave the UAV receive between 40 and 60 percent of their salary.
The "100% Coalition," which includes 14 organizations, says the most partial wage is an economic collapse for many families, as spending such as food shopping, rent, bills, kindergarten and school payments are not declining.
At a demonstration in Beersheba, several hundreds gathered in the town square, including protesters from the Arab sector - who protested despite the Ramadan fast. The protesters are calling out calls against the government such as "You have no shame, government in denial." Paula Perpignal, a social worker, said: "When the government decided how to deal with the Corona crisis, she forgot that besides the health implications, Corona also had disastrous socio-economic consequences.
Nearly 400 self-employed workers, employees and activists in social organizations also demonstrated in the German colony in Haifa. They shouted: "Want justice, don't want charity," and waved signs that read, among other things, "Bibi will resign", "There are choices, socialism or barbarism (Rosa Luxemburg)", the rule of the people and not the rule of capital, and also "1,000,000 unemployed and the government One detached. "
 At another demonstration in Jerusalem, about two hundred people attended the Hamashbir plaza. The rally was shared by the coalition of organizations, and it carried with it representative things of the unemployed, workers who were posted to the IDF, and the self-employed.
Meanwhile, the National Committee of Arab Authorities today declared an open strike by all authorities in the Arab communities starting Tuesday - then a demonstration will be held with the Treasury - on the grounds that the government is refusing to grant financial compensation for the losses caused by the Corona crisis.