This photograph depicts a solidarity rally that took place in Tel Aviv in in support of the campaign to free Soviet Jews. Golda Meir, who became the Israeli prime minister in March 1969, is standing at the podium, preparing to address the crowd below her.
Golda Meir was well known for her support for Soviet Jews, and she even went to the Soviet Union as a representative of the Israeli government in 1948. Here Meir is shown addressing the crowd with many journalists around her. Behind her, on top of the roof of a neighboring apartment building, is a group of people watching the rally taking place below them.
The location of the rally was probably כיכר מלכי ישראל (Kings of Israel Square). The square is now known as Rabin Square, named after Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin who was assassinated there in 1995 after delivering a speech at a peace rally.
This photograph depicts a solidarity rally that took place in Tel Aviv in in support of the campaign to free Soviet Jews. Golda Meir, who became the Israeli prime minister in March 1969, is standing at the podium, preparing to address the crowd below her.
Golda Meir was well known for her support for Soviet Jews, and she even went to the Soviet Union as a representative of the Israeli government in 1948. Here Meir is shown addressing the crowd with many journalists around her. Behind her, on top of the roof of a neighboring apartment building, is a group of people watching the rally taking place below them.
The location of the rally was probably כיכר מלכי ישראל (Kings of Israel Square). The square is now known as Rabin Square, named after Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin who was assassinated there in 1995 after delivering a speech at a peace rally.
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