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Knesset Building (Photo: Shatterstock)
Is the Knesset preparing for another battle over the issue of the dress code at the entrance to the Mishkan?
Lev Yam Gonen, Assistant to the Minister of Environmental Protection Tamar Zandberg, claims that her entry into the Knesset today was denied because of her dress: My”.
Gonen sent a letter to the Knesset administration (the Knesset director general, the Knesset speaker and the new Knesset officer) demanding that such cases be prevented and that what she calls “the connection between appropriate dress and modest dress” be separated.
According to the current dress code, it is mandatory to arrive at the Knesset in what is defined as “appropriate and dignified clothing”: Do not arrive in clothing that does not respect the Knesset, including T-shirts, t-shirts, shorts, skirts and short dresses, tracksuits, flip-flops, etc. Also, do not arrive dressed with political captioning.
Gonen recalls the protest that erupted in 2017, after the entry of a number of parliamentary advisers was banned because of the length of their dresses and skirts. I remember the “protest” of MK Manuel Trachtenberg (the “Zionist camp”) who even took off some of his clothes at the entrance to identify himself with those advisers.
Trachtenberg’s “protest.”
At the time, a dress code team was established, which determined that the Knesset’s dress code would remain intact, but it was decided to create an enforcement mechanism that includes issuing a warning before preventing entry to the Mishkan for those who do not comply.
It should be noted that the dress code does not apply to members of the Knesset themselves, as they have immunity and must not be denied any access to the building.
“Not to produce a standard of modesty”
Zandberg’s aide claims that in addition to not being given a warning and her entry into the Mishkan was immediately banned, the case raises again the need to examine the dress code in the Knesset, and the manner in which “there is a spotlight on the sex and gender of the wearer.”
Tamar Zandberg (Photo: Yonatan Zindel / Flash 90)
In conclusion, Gonen says: “I appeal to you, on behalf of all the signatories and signatories below, to remove the reference along the dress and skirt from the Knesset dress code, and use a dress code to create a standard that respects and respects the workplace, and not to produce a standard of modesty.”
“It is of particular importance that the Knesset of Israel as a constitutive and legislative body, which sets the norms in the country, sever the connection between appropriate dress and modest dress, and put an end to measuring the length of women’s skirts and dresses in every institution and workplace.”
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