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Statue of Minister of Culture and Sports Miri Regev on HaBima Square in Tel Aviv, November 8, 2018.
(photo credit: EYTAN HALON)
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A statue of the Minister of Culture and Sports Miri Regev was put up in Habima Square in Tel Aviv on Thursday morning. The statute, placed by the artist Itai Zalait, shows the minister in a dress in front of a mirror, next to a read that read "In the heart of the nation."
The event apparently came out of the "loyalty bill," initiated by Regev, which pbaded to first reading this week in the Knesset.
"It's my right as an artist to free expression in the public square," said Zalait in an interview to the Army Radio. "We are not sure we will be able to do it in a few years."
Regev thanked Zalait for the statue. "In the past three years," Regev said, "I have done a great deal of the Israeli cultural world, revealing the exclusion of all people and the patronage of those who believe in the world. nation.
"Well, the people, in all its parts, is my mirror," she added. Cinderella's story and the legendary statement Mirror, mirror on the wall, what are the ugliest injustices of them all? "
In a similar incident, in August 2017, the Jerusalem Municipality removed a golden statue of Supreme Court President Miriam Naor, which was placed by the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, and removed by the police.
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A golden statue of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was placed in Rabin Square in December 2016 and brought down by civilians. Also created by Zalait, it stands out that "This is the Golden Calf, worshiping the statue." The municipality is seeking to be removed from the lack of permission for its placement.
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