Holocaust Survivors Protest in Jerusalem
Holocaust survivors took to the streets of Jerusalem on Sunday to protest the Israeli government's offer of a $20 monthly stipend. A survivor group director explained the situation this way: "They have cancer 14 times more than the regular population. They break their bones due to the malnutrition they had years ago. And now when they need the help, there is nobody to turn to."
Holocaust survivors took to the streets of Jerusalem on Sunday to protest the Israeli government’s offer of a $20 monthly stipend. A survivor group director explained the situation this way: “They have cancer 14 times more than the regular population. They break their bones due to the malnutrition they had years ago. And now when they need the help, there is nobody to turn to.”
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The protesters called their rally a “March of the Living” — a name which echoes the annual commemoration at the Auschwitz death camp in Poland to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day.
One of the protesters, a survivor of the Treblinka death camp, sparked controversy by wearing prisoner clothes.
Yosef Charnyi, 82, joined the march from parliament to Mr Olmert’s office dressed in striped pyjamas with a yellow Star of David pinned to the top.
He told the AFP news agency: “We are demanding the right to finish our days decently.”
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