OneVoice Israel youth activists Gal Bareket (center) and Raz Ballin post a mock divorce form on the rabbincal court in Tel Aviv on Monday night.
New York, September 28, 2011—Dozens of OneVoice Israel youth leaders demanded a “divorce” from Palestine by plastering posters on and around rabbinical courts across Israel on Monday.
During the night, youth leaders in Ariel, Ashdod, Beersheba, Haifa, Jerusalem, Kfar Saba, Ra'anana, and Tel Aviv put up posters that likened the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians to an unhealthy marriage. Given that the Chief Rabbinate of Israel has exclusive jurisdiction over divorce in Israel, the youth leaders felt it was an ideal place to post the mock divorce forms.
The poster suggests that the current Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN, with its seal of formality, could enable an official separation process that leads to two independent states.
“We can still turn the Palestinian UN bid into an opportunity that would serve Israeli interests,” said Tal Harris, executive director of OneVoice Israel. “The Israeli government needs smart and creative diplomacy that serves our true national interests and not the national honor and ego of those in office.”
OVI youth activists plaster mock divorce forms on a bulletin board in the coastal city of Ashdod.
An OVI mock divorce form on the outside of the rabbinical court in Kfar Saba.
OVI's Jerusalem chapter peppered popular posting areas in the city with the mock divorce forms.
Shirly Coifman, coordinator of the Ben Gurion chapter, posts forms around Beersheba.
Even areas around the Israeli settlement of Ariel were plastered with OVI mock divorce forms.
Naomi Havron, coordinator of the Haifa chapter, takes to the streets of Haifa with her newborn baby.
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