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16 February 2022

Israel's Freedom Convoy: "Take Back the (Steering) Wheel"

15 Adar Alef 5782, Shushan Purim Qatan | ט''ו אדר א' ה''תשפ''ב, שושן פורים קטן



I didn't post on time for the first day of the convoy protesting Israel's COVID-19 mandates and all that goes with them, but they're still there...so here's some of the record: 

Arutz Sheva: Israel Freedom Convoy heads for Jerusalem

Reuters: Israelis mount their own COVID "Freedom Convoy"

Jewish Press: Freedom Convoy: Israel

JNS: Israeli COVID 'Freedom Convoy' takes to the streets

Adina Kutnicki: Israelis Join Freedom Convoy

Israel Video Network: 20,000 Israeli Trucks and Family Vehicles Take Part in Global Freedom Convoy

HaAretz (in a rare non-premium article): Israeli 'Freedom Convoy' Blocks Main Highway in Protest of COVID Measures

US News and World Report: Israelis Mount Their Own COVID 'Freedom Convoy'

And this one, which I think is the clearest one of them all:

Freedom Convoy Israel 2022, published on two sites:  United Pushback | Brownstone Institute

Many of these articles list the goals of the convoy in Israel. They are:

  1. The termination of the government’s Covid policies
  2. The return to normalcy for all Israeli citizens
  3. The opening up of all businesses
  4. Full transparency in the disclosure of all government contracts and protocols- including the infamous Pfizer Covid vaccine contract. 
  5. Respect for indivdual privacy (arising from the scandal of the government and police using the spy software, Pegasus, to spy on ordinary citizens)
  6. Reaffirmation that all human beings are equal and have constitutional rights

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No one has explained what the "wheel" in the slogan refers to, so I put it in the title. Another term can be helm.

Like this one, a nice mix of old and new: