(IsraelNN.com) For a few hours Tuesday evening the entrance to Jerusalem was blocked by protesters in wheelchairs. The representatives of the Handicapped People's Association have been holding a strike outside the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services for nearly 50 days, demanding that the disability insurance be linked to the cost of living index.

"We want at least the minimum wage," one of the protesters explained, and another shouted: "We are shutting down the state!"

The handicapped people's struggle remained outside the headlines and so, they decided that more strident measures had to be taken.