Purim Shpiel: Palestinians to legal reform protesters: 'Day of Rage' is ours

A group of Palestinians from Ramallah have filed a petition with the High Court of Justice in Israel against the use of the label “Day of Rage” in connection with the judicial reform protest movement.

“We’ve worked too long, too hard and with too much rage for those elitists from Tel Aviv to abscond with our motto,” said Fatah activist Mohammed Mohammed, who filed the petition with his lawyer Ellen Dedershowitz, on Monday.

Day of Wage, Day of Beige and Day of Haze

In a precedent last month that indicated how it feels on the issue, the court, led by Chief Justice Esther Hi-hat, blocked the Histadrut from using the slogan “Day of Wage” for their strike calling for salary increases.

The anti-judicial reform protest organizers said that the ban on the slogan would not slow down their efforts. Next week, they urged all protesters to return to the Knesset and to wear light-colored clothes to mark a “Day of Beige.”

“Rage isn’t our thing anyway, most of us are just too polite,” said Moshe Ashkenazi from the Movement for Mediocre Government, which has been spearheading the protests and staying up all night sewing Israeli flags.

Meanwhile, next week, protesters calling for the legalization of cannabis in Israel are headed to the streets in a demonstration under the banner “Day of Haze.” They had planned to march single file around the Knesset but instead have chosen to meander in the area in search of Jerusalem’s first 7-Eleven.