Hero of Israel (statue)

Hero of Israel (Hebrew: גיבור ישראל, Gibor Yisrael) is the name of a 900 kg bronze statue which stands on a 5-ton base.

The decision to create the statue took shape on the morning after he had placed his previous exhibit, The Last Supper, at Rabin Square on July 28, 2020.

[3] The placement of the statue at Paris Square in Jerusalem, which lasted 25 minutes, caused widespread excitement among protesters and the public in the area.

In spite of the Sabbath, at 3:00am, enforcers of the Jerusalem municipality, arrived with a police escort and a crane in order to remove the statue from the square.

Attorney Gonen Ben Itzhak quickly drove to Jerusalem in an attempt to prevent the removal of the statue from the premises.

The statue arrived at Rabin Square on Thursday, December 10, 2020 after it was released earlier that day from Jerusalem Municipality's warehouse at Har Homa.

After two months, communications ceased and the production of the film was entrusted in the hands of director and producer Anna Holider while the cinematographer was replaced by Gil Shapiro who received access to previously shot footage.

Hero of Israel statue by artist Itay Zalait
Homage to the Hero of Israel statue at Paris Square in Jerusalem, 5 December 2020
Protester dressed up as Benjamin Netanyahu on the backdrop of the Hero of Israel statue and the Tel Aviv Municipality building.
Hero of Israel was placed in Ramat Hasharon on January 1, 2021
A multi-participant photo in Rabin Square next to the sculpture Hero of Israel , with the photographers standing in the position of the sculpture with a flag. In the front of the photo on the right is Itai Zlait and next to him on the left is Nimrod Gross, who was holding the Israeli flag in a photograph inspired by the sculpture.
The sculpture Hero of Israel returned to Rabin Square on July 22, 2021 after the Jerusalem Municipality released it for NIS 4,980. The Jerusalem Municipality demanded NIS 30,000, but MK Gabi Lasky from Meretz turned to the Jerusalem Municipality and they agreed to reduce the amount. The statue became part of the exhibition in Rabin Square, which documents the demonstrations against Netanyahu that lasted for years..