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| By: Israel Insider staff and partners |
| Published: March 24, 2005 |
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| "A nation of sheep" |
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A Yesha Settlement Council plan to truck in sheep to Jerusalem as part of an anti-pullout rally was postponed to Sunday, after judges imposed strict conditions designed to ensure the health and well-being of the sheep, ynet reported.
The court decision followed a petition by local animal rights groups "Let the Animals Live."
The judges ruled that only 50 sheep may be allowed to take part in the demonstration, and must not be kept there for more than an hour. The court also said the sheep must be transported only in padded trucks, and must hav continual access to water. The judges also ruled only thirty protestors at a time would be able to mingle with the animals.
The sheep's participation are intended by the rally organizers as a symbolic gesture to indicate that settlers do not intend to be "Sharon's sheep."
A similar technique was used in the anti-Oslo protests of the Zo Artzeinu groups.
There was also a suggestion the spirit of the Purim holiday, in which children dress up in costumes. "The court decided to drastically limit the protest permit," a lawyer for the animal rights group said. "If the Yesha Council wants to hold the largest ever sheep protest seen in Jerusalem, I recommend they dress up as sheep themselves."
Representatives of the Council did not respond, but they looked sheepish. |
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