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The Israeli parliament has suspended new dress code rules after staff protested against a ban on short skirts, Independent UK reports, quoting officials.
Staff in the Knesset staged demonstrations this week after women were turned away for dressing inappropriately following a recent decision to ban politicians, other employees and visitors from wearing miniskirts and short dresses.
Around 30 women demonstrated at the entrance to the Knesset on Wednesday in defiance of the ban, posing for news cameras wearing above-the-knee skirts or dresses.
The women were supported by a man wearing a skirt over his trousers and a member of parliament who stripped down to his undershirt. A legislator Professor Manuel Trajtenberg also participated, complaining that women would soon “have to wear burkas”.