Il racconto dell'ancella by Margaret Atwood

They have also blocked intersections, staying in character during the protests, keeping quiet as they walk in formation. Another time, they encircled a central fountain in the seaside metropolis of Tel Aviv, a site that’s typically home to kids in strollers and dogs on leashes. Unmissable in the crowd are the women in red robes, turning otherwise usual protest scenes into an otherworldly sight.Īhead of one demonstration, a group of women rode the train from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in costume, transforming the cars and the platform into what could have been a scene from the Hulu series.

The overhaul has sent tens of thousands of people into the streets in protest each week. Critics say the move upends Israel’s system of checks and balances and pushes it toward autocracy. In a move that has sparked widespread opposition, Netanyahu’s government is pushing to weaken the Supreme Court and limit the independence of the judiciary, steps they say will restore power to elected legislators and make the courts less interventionist. “Women are going to be the first to be harmed” under the overhaul, she added. “This display is a representation of the things that we fear,” said Moran Zer Katzenstein, founder of the women’s rights advocacy group Bonot Alternativa, or “building an alternative,” which is behind the Handmaid’s protest.

The women, growing in numbers as the demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies intensify, say they are protesting to ward off what they believe will be a dark future if the government follows through on its plan to overhaul the judiciary. They are dressed as characters from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and the eponymous TV series. TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - It’s become an ominous fixture of the mass anti-government protests roiling Israel: a coil of women in crimson robes and white caps, walking heads bowed and hands clasped.

Il racconto dell'ancella by Margaret Atwood