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| Born | (1988-04-05)April 5, 1988 (age 37) |
| Citizenship | Israel |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Known for | The struggle to raise the disability pension in Israel |
| Notable work | Establishing the "Disabled, not half a person" Association |
Alex Fridman (born April 5, 1988) is a screenwriter, social activist, founder and chairman of "Disabled, not half a Human". One of Yedioth Ahronoth's social workers for the year 2016 on his activity in raising the Disability pension in Israel.
Fridman was born and raised in Pinsk, Belarus. In 1990, at the age of two, he immigrated to Israel with his family. As a child, he had serious health problems, and in 1996 was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy type 2 SMA type ('N'), which over the years has led to the paralysis of almost full body. In 2000, due to further deterioration in the medical situation, he was forced to leave the regular educational framework and began to take lessons in his home. In those years, when he was bedridden, he began to study screenwriting. In 2011, after two successful works which were published, he was invited to work on the Viva channel and created the blogosphere "The Final Trap". Thanks to his writing and social networking activities, Fridman became a well-known name in the field.
In 2015, Fridman heard that a woman with disabilities tried to commit suicide as a result of her economic distress, and began a viral campaign under the slogan "Disabled, not half a Human" to raise the disability pension in Israel, one of the lowest in OECD countries.[1] The campaign swept many people, including celebrities, and led Fridman to initiate a rally in Rabin Square with the participation of dozens of different artists.[2] In December 2015 MK Ilan Gilon proposed a bill for a disability pension at the minimum wage level, but the proposal fell to the point of a vote.[3]
Due to the disappointment turned to Fridman, he addressed the chairman of the Knesset,Yuli Edelstein, and asked him to promote direct negotiations with the government. Edelstein accepted the request and mediationed between Fridman and his team and Welfare Minister, Haim Katz, CEO of the Ministry of Finance, Shai Babad, CEO The National Insurance Institute, Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, and the Commissioner for Equal Rights for People with Disabilities, Achiya Kamara.[4]
In April 2016, Fridman founded the "Disabled, not half a Human" association, which championed a nonpolitical struggle to equalize disability benefits to the minimum wage level, and to promote additional rights for people with disabilities in Israel, including accessibility, housing, nursing, Proper medical treatment and integrating people with disabilities into society and employment.
In August 2016, following the negotiations with the Finance Ministry and the protracted struggle that he and various disabled groups conducted in the streets and social networks, the Israeli government decided to allocate NIS 300 million for the purpose of increasing disability allowances and amending the Laron Law. The move drew criticism among the disabled, [a source is required ] who claimed that the discrimination discriminates between those with different degrees of disability and is not significant. Fridman welcomed the move, saying that this was an important move by the government, which indicated a change in its approach to the handicaps of the disabled, but expressed reservations about the decision to allocate significantly lower amounts than expected. As a protest, Fridman initiated the "Millionaires March", a protest march that took place inside the Azrieli Mall in Tel Aviv,[5] and then blocked the nearby Menachem Begin Junction with other activists.
In addition to the information and communication activities on the subject of raising disability and disability benefits, the cooperation between Fridman and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and his team continued in order to promote the establishment of a professional committee to discuss the situation of the disabled in Israel. In December 2016, Fridman met with Prof. Yaron Zelekha and convinced him to volunteer for his organization and to help fight professional economic advice.[6] A month later, in January 2017, Fridman met with Kahlon, and suggested that Zelekha – who was familiar with the issue of allowances from his past position as the Accountant General – to submit conclusions on the subject.[7]
At the same time, protest and information activities continued. Among other things, there Fridman at Kibbutz Movement joint conference with MKs Ilan Gilon and karin elharar, and took part in a rally in Rabin Square, organized by Guy Lerer and a "pipe" to support Lglztzih of cannabis, which read in front of the participants of the rally to support Blglztzih and join the fight against the disabled.
After the committee's report Zelicha, stating that should be allocated to recipients of disability 4.5 billion in three stages, decided to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shelve the commission's conclusions and establish another professional committee headed by the chairman of the National Economic Council, Avi Simhon, shall decide on the issue of raising Disability pensions. The Simhon Committee's conclusions would have been a negative reference to the government's struggle against the disabled, and they would have been condemned by Fridman and his organization. Responding to condemnation initiated coalition chairman, David Bitan, a press conference to present the outline of a compromise agreed upon by all factions, including MK Ilan Gilon. Two weeks later, this initiative was shelved, and Netanyahu announced that he intends to advance the initial recommendations of the Simhon Committee as soon as possible. The publication caused an immediate aggravation of the struggle for the disabled.
On August 2, 2017, Fridman and his organization together with other disabled people demonstrated outside the home of David Bitan, claiming that he had not kept his promise.[8] As part of the intensification of the protest, Fridman's organization decided to go to demonstrations blocking roads throughout the country. In one of them, demonstrators were prevented from demonstrating at a political conference organized by the prime minister in Ashdod, five protesters arrested, and police reported that demonstrators had taken violence against the police and threatened to set themselves on fire. On the other hand, demonstrators claimed that the police used unreasonable force. Fridman expressed his condemnation of all violence, especially against the disabled demonstrators.[9]
Meanwhile, Fridman is also struggling to raise disability allowances in the legal arena through a petition to the High Court of Justice against the Knesset and the government, which was submitted in cooperation with the umbrella organization of the disabled (which includes some 30 organizations), and the judges of the retired District Court, Tzipora Baron and Bracha Ofir-Tom By attorney Yehuda Ressler. In response, the Knesset's legal department asked the court to reject the petition because "the disabled did not prove that it was impossible to live off their pension, which stands at NIS 2342".[10] The Knesset's response caused a public outcry and a series of condemnations by MKs, public figures and Fridman himself.
On August 29, 2017, the government also responded to the petition and argued that procedures for resolving the disability of the disabled were being promoted, and that the Supreme Court should not intervene. On September 5, he summoned the chairman of the Histadrut, Avi Nissenkorn, Fridman and representatives of disability organizations further meeting to announce that the World mobilized to fight. At the meeting attended by the heads of factions and big unions, and declared their support in the form of Professor Zelikha on a budget of 4 billion. Fridman informed all the interviews that the struggle will continue until the start of direct negotiations with the government. Nissenkorn announced he was starting a campaign "will not abandon the disabled", support the struggle of people with disabilities and if the issue is not closed in the coming month, the World will start in sanctions. A day later, on 28 in SeptemberNitzkorn, Prof. Avi Simhon, David Bitan, MK Ilan Gilon, Alex Fridman and several other handicapped representatives gathered for a marathon meeting that lasted more than 12 hours, and presented his outline, which is based on Zelekha's outline, with Shani Significant changes: an addition of NIS 150 million to 50,000 handicapped children and linkage to the average wage in the economy At the end of the meeting, a compromise agreement was reached within the framework of a budget of NIS 4.2 billion.
After months in which the government delayed the enactment of the agreement, Fridman announced on January 11, 2018 to renew the protest and left in the campaign billboards' abandoning the disabled – will not agree to half AGREEMENT.[11] Further Fridman signed 34 leading social organizations signed a letter to Finance Minister Kahlon titled expect Lento acts' requirement to pass the law[12].
On February 12, the law passed second and third readings in a budgetary framework of NIS 4.341 billion and entered the law book in the State of Israel. [13] At the end of March 2018, after many protests, the minimum pension was raised to NIS 3,700 a month.
In addition to the struggle to raise the disability pension, Alex Fridman is involved in information activities among children and youth in lectures throughout the country. Together with Miri Or, she initiated the "Artists Create Artists" project, which promotes awareness of people with disabilities by artists with and without disabilities. The project was launched on March 19, 2017. In addition, Fridman was one of the founders of the Adif Consumer Club for People with Disabilities [14] together with Bank Hapoalim, the credit card company Isracard and the 2B Community Investment Fund.
Fridman was selected as one of the year in the social sphere of "Yediot Aharonot" (2016),[15] one of the heroes of the year of "Israel Today" (2016),[16] one of the influential in economics magazine "Liberal"(2017)[17] and one This year in the program "Paula and Leon" (2017).[18]
My Levi, Disability benefit Israel, the site Research and Information Center (IANS) of the Knesset, November 2, 2010
daughter to Benjamin, protests sweeping the net Paralympics, the site channel 20, August 22, 2016
Declined in Tromit: Comparing disability pension to minimum wage, Knesset website, December 2, 2015
Hanan phone, how to become a 27 year-old disabled man in the state structure, site TheMarker, October 8, 2017
"parade of millionaires", the page Facebook of the "Disabled, not half a person", August 31, 2016
System with Miki Haimovich, Season 5 Episode 3 – "The Disabled Become Panthers", 02 January 2018, 32:50 min
Disabled not half person: Alex Fridman explains, on my Yavne site, October 15, 2017
Tal Carmon, do not give up, the site first thing, August 2, 2017
Coral year-old male, my Yaron, police arrested five disabled people on disability pensions demonstration in Ashdod, site of the country, August 14, 2017
Natalie sweet Knesset disabled disability benefits have not proved insufficient, the site Kan 11, August 9, 2017
Amir Alon, Paralympic out campaign: "Netanyahu did not stand the word". Ynet.
"cyanotic social organizations: Move the law raising allowances back in January". First.
the Disabled law pass in the Knesset
Disabled Association Not half a person as a strategic partner of the consumer club "Adif"
Alex Fridman, ended campaign of attrition, the site "Yediot Ahronot", 1 October 2017
Heroes of the Year – a special project of Israel Today for Chanukah
Protest Paralympic social struggle liberal magazine of the year
Man of the year in the Paula and Leon program
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