The protests against the judicial reform, despite rumors of a new agreement being mediated by the president, continue in a variety of creative ways, and Wednesday morning about twenty activists from the "Block the Coup" movement glued themselves to the floor and blocked the entrance to a government building in Tel Aviv with their bodies. 

According to the activists, "We would prefer to celebrate Purim in the company of our friends and families, but we are too anxious for their future. Despite the widespread protest, and despite the opposition of a huge majority of the Israeli public, the coup government continues to gallop towards a religious dictatorship."

אחרי כחצי שעה התפנו מהמקום ומסרו: ״היינו מעדיפים לחגוג את הפורים בחברת חברינו ומשפחותינו אך אנו חרדים מדי לעתידם. חברי הממשלה, כל יום בו אתם ממשיכים לשרת את הממשלה הזאת מאיים על כולנו באופן אישי״. pic.twitter.com/rAJhRWD1k2

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The activists appealed to the members of the government, saying that "Every day that you continue to serve this government threatens us all personally. We urge you to wake up and stop the legislation immediately." Until the legislation is stopped, the activists stated, "we will continue to act through non-violent direct action to warn and block the coup with our bodies."

In an apparent reference to the chants being heard against the protesters, the activists said: "We expect that in a few minutes, the trumpets will start shouting the lies of the anarchists and terrorists, but this is of course a gross lie of the poison machine. The truth is, and this is the only truth, that the current Israeli government is a racist, chauvinistic government and the most homophobic government in Israel's history." 

The protesters added that "the dark positions of the government members are known to all, and therefore the expectation that we will silently accept their attempt to obtain unlimited power through violence is so puzzling. The government's attempt to neuter the independence of the legal system is intended to enable the systematic crushing of the human and civil rights of all communities that are not represented in it Including women, secular people, and Palestinians".

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In recent weeks, the widespread protest against the government's effort to reform the judicial system has taken many forms, including blockades of the homes of politicians from the coalition. This was done, for example, about two weeks ago at the home of Economy Minister Nir Barkat of the Likud in Jerusalem, when some protesters tied themselves in front of the exit gate in order to block him. A week before, protesters blocked the entrance to the house of the Minister of the Negev, the Galilee, and the National Security Yitzhak Wesarlauf, who lives in the Shapira neighborhood of Tel Aviv.