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Israeli Women Protest Gender Segregation on Public Transport

Staff Writer by Staff Writer
09/19/23
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Activists stage a protest to denounce discrimination against women on public transport in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv

Activists stage a protest to denounce discrimination against women on public transport in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv. Photo: AFP

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Hundreds of women holding Israeli flags protested on Thursday in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish suburb of Tel Aviv against what they said was rising gender-based segregation, especially on public transport.

The protest in Bnei Brak came after media reports that several bus drivers in recent weeks had forced women to either sit in the back or simply refused to take them on board.

One report earlier this month said the driver of a public bus told a group of teenage girls to sit in the back and cover up after they boarded dressed in tank tops and jeans.

“There is no such thing called democracy without equality,” the protesters chanted on Thursday, many holding placards that read: “We are equal.”

“We can sit wherever we want, we can wear whatever we want… we are free and we are equal to every (other) citizen in Israel,” said Kalanite Kain, 63, a writer who took part in the rally.

Many ultra-Orthodox Jewish residents of Bnei Brak looked on as the demonstrators passed by. Ultra-Orthodox Jews account for more than 10 percent of Israel’s population.

The issue of gender segregation is not new in Israel where many observe religious practices that restrict mingling of the sexes.

But activists say that the discrimination against women has only been rising in recent years.

“Just because some religious groups, ultra-Orthodox religious groups think that women are the source of all evil … doesn’t mean that we should accept it,” Hila Mor-Zenhavi, a lawyer, told AFP before the rally.

“My motivation for going (to the protest) is mainly my 10-year-old daughter. I want her to grow up in a world where she will have every opportunity, where she won’t be excluded for being a woman.”

Tel Aviv, the country’s commercial hub, has also been the epicenter of protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s controversial plans to overhaul Israel’s judiciary.

Since his government unveiled the reform package in January, tens of thousands of Israelis have joined mass demonstrations in what has turned out to be the biggest protest movement in the country’s history — one that has split the nation.

Women protesters in Israel continue to capture the attention in their silent Handmaid's Tale protest. Today in Tel Aviv, they did it again. pic.twitter.com/fjqbCOu73y

— Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן (@Istanbultelaviv) March 16, 2023

Opponents of the ambitious legislation see the overhaul as a threat to Israel’s democracy.

Last month, the Israeli parliament voted on a key plank of the package that limits the so-called “reasonableness” law.

The new legislation curbs judicial review by Israel’s top court of some government decisions, and critics fear it could pave the way to more authoritarian government. 

The amendment of the clause is the first major component of the reform package to become law.

Other proposed changes include allowing the government a greater say in the appointment of judges.

Netanyahu’s coalition government, which includes far-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties, argues that the reforms are necessary to rebalance the relationship between elected officials and the judiciary. 

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