During a meeting by the UN Security Council on the Israel-Gaza conflict, two Israeli women came into the hall with pictures of hostages. They demanded the release of captives from Gaza.
One of them, Yaffa Ben-David, head of Israel’s teacher’s union declared it was her “duty to influence in every place I can, even if it means I’m expelled from the hall.”
She held a picture of hostage Ohad Yahalomi, who “is married to one of our teachers, who I’ve personally supported, and seen her pain and struggle from up close.”
It is rare for protesters to access the hall of the UN Security Council.
Russian diplomat Sergei Lavrov spoke abruptly to the women and said he couldn’t hear them because both were speaking at the same time.
The women left peacefully when escorted out of the hall.
Later, Ben-David said, “It’s time for the U.N. to understand that this is about human life and that we, the people of Israel, won’t give up on a single hostage.”
