Thousands of Israelis march through central Tel Aviv demanding the government join the U.K., Ireland, France, and Canada in declaring a climate emergency.
By Haggai Matar and Oren Ziv
![Protesters take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike, September 27, 2019. (Oren Ziv) Protesters take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike, September 27, 2019. (Oren Ziv)](https://static.972mag.com/dev/uploads/2019/09/TLV-climstrike7.jpeg)
Thousands of people marched in central Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike on Friday, demanding that the government declare a climate emergency. The aim of such a move would be to compel the state’s various arms to immediately reduce their contribution to global warming. Throughout the past year, the U.K., Ireland, France and Canada have all declared a climate emergency.
![Protesters take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike, September 27, 2019. (Oren Ziv) Protesters take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike, September 27, 2019. (Oren Ziv)](https://static.972mag.com/dev/uploads/2019/09/TLV-climstrike4.jpeg)
A broad coalition of organizations protested in Tel Aviv, with young people heavily represented — one of the defining features of the ongoing wave of international climate strikes.
![Protesters take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike, September 27, 2019. (Oren Ziv) Protesters take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike, September 27, 2019. (Oren Ziv)](https://static.972mag.com/dev/uploads/2019/09/TLV-climstrike1.jpeg)
Demonstrators wore masks of Israeli political party leaders and waved effigies of other politicians, including U.S. President Donald Trump.
![Protesters take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike, September 27, 2019. (Oren Ziv) Protesters take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike, September 27, 2019. (Oren Ziv)](https://static.972mag.com/dev/uploads/2019/09/TLV-climstrike5.jpeg)
Marchers chanted numerous slogans throughout the protest, such as “A generation demands a future,” “The people demand climate justice,” “Jews and Arabs together for the climate,” and more.
![Protesters take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike, September 27, 2019. (Oren Ziv) Protesters take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike, September 27, 2019. (Oren Ziv)](https://static.972mag.com/dev/uploads/2019/09/TLV-climstrike6.jpeg)
Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide took part in Friday’s climate strike. A week earlier, millions of demonstrators around the world also took part in mass demonstrations to demand climate justice.
![Protesters take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike, September 27, 2019. (Oren Ziv) Protesters take part in a demonstration in Tel Aviv as part of the global climate strike, September 27, 2019. (Oren Ziv)](https://static.972mag.com/dev/uploads/2019/09/TLV-climstrike8.jpeg)
A version of this post originally appeared in Hebrew on Local Call. Read it here.