(Clearwisdom.net)

Press coverage in Israel on the group of Falun Gong practitioners arrested in Beijing included 5 printed newspapers and at least two electronic newspapers, 2 radio stations and 2 TV stations covered the event. This helped significantly in increasing the public's awareness of Falun Gong.

On the day of the event, the Israeli press interviewed Dafna Lemish, mother of the arrested Israeli citizen Leeshai Lemish. As a non-practitioner, Mrs. Lemish has shown great support of her son's actions. She took part in a demonstration held by local practitioners near a Tel Aviv train station on the same day.

Prior to the event on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Israeli Knesset member Yossi Sarid, head of the opposition, wrote a letter to Chinese president Jiang Zemin condeming the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.

Reported by practitioners in Israel 21-11-2001