(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners held a series of activities in Tel Aviv’s Chinatown on February 1, 2025, to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Because it was the Lunar New Year, many Chinese living in various parts of Israel had come to the area to meet friends and buy supplies for the New Year celebrations.
Practitioners did the Falun Gong exercises and handed out information about this traditional mind-body cultivation practice in Chinese and other languages. They told people about the benefits of practicing Falun Gong and also talked about the 25-year-long persecution in China.
Female practitioners wearing long pink gowns performed the lotus flower dance, and their performance was well received and warmly applauded.
Practitioners do the Falun Gong exercises.
Practitioners performed a lotus flower dance during an event in Tel Aviv’s Chinatown.
Practitioners hand out information to Chinese people.
A practitioner distributes information about Falun Gong.
The CCP Is Not China
Most Falun Gong practitioners in Israel are Westerners, and few speak Chinese. One practitioner was able to speak to Chinese residents in Chinese.
Many Chinese workers said they know that Falun Gong is good and that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is unjustly persecuting practitioners in China. One visitor said, “Like many Chinese people, I understand very well that the Communist Party and China are not the same and should not be mixed up or seen as intertwined.”
He added that China is a country with a 5,000-year glorious history and the current government has only ruled for several decades.
The practitioner who spoke to the Chinese workers said that most of them agreed with what she told them and expressed support for Falun Gong.
She said, “No one really likes the CCP and many agreed that Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance are good and are universal values.”
Quitting the CCP Is Something You Do from Your Heart
A Chinese resident realized that he had been misled by the propaganda in China after listening to a practitioner talk about Falun Dafa.
Another Chinese worker said he is aware that quitting the CCP is something you do from the heart. He said he knew about the global trend of quitting the CCP, and told the practitioner he’d already renounced his Party membership using a pseudonym.
Many Chinese were happy to take information on Falun Gong. Several were interested in finding out more about the practice and asked practitioners many questions.
Background
Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) was first introduced to the public by Mr. Li Hongzhi in Changchun, China, in 1992. The teachings are based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. Millions of people who have embraced Falun Dafa’s teachings and exercises have experienced improved health and well-being.
The spiritual discipline is now practiced in over 100 countries and regions worldwide. Falun Dafa’s main book Zhuan Falun has been translated into 50 languages. Mr. Li Hongzhi and Falun Dafa have received over 5,800 proclamations, awards, resolutions and letters of support from governments. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is cherished by people all around the world, but this belief is severely persecuted in China.
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