Some 1,000 Israelis, or more precisely only some 1,000 Israelis, turned out for the Oct. 27 demonstration in Tel Aviv against proposed legislation known as the "Loyalty in Culture" law.
The amendment to the Israeli law that regulates funding for theater and film productions, approved Oct. 21 by the government’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation, seeks to defund cultural institutions “undermining the state’s values and symbols.”