Roee Neuman (; born: May 22, 1984) is an Israeli social activist and media consultant. Neuman is a figure in the

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, The Black Flag Protests since 2020, and the current Judicial Reform Protests against the

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Career and social activism

Neuman is one of the leaders of the

. The protests began with the first tents being erected on July 14, 2011 on the edge of

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near

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after an "event" posted by

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on Facebook the previous week. Neuman served as spokesperson for the protests. For his actions, Neuman was awarded the "Dror Prize for Social Change". After the protests, Neuman began working in public relations and media consulting. In 2012, he worked for the public relations firm "Legaia". The following year, he served as spokesperson for former

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member,

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. He later served as spokesperson and public relations for the "One Voice" movement. In 2014 until the end of 2015 he served as Tzipi Livni's spokesperson as well as for her movement "

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" within the "

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". In 2019, Neuman served in public relations and as spokesperson for " Democratic Union". In 2018, Neuman was one of the founders and initiators of the

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protests and co-founder of the "Pink Panthers", an organization which spearheaded the protests against the surrogacy law which prevented surrogacy from male couples or single men following a supreme court ruling in the case of Arad-Pinkas vs. The Law Committee for Embryo Carriages. Since 2019, Neuman accompanies the " Black Flag Protests" in all things media-related. Neuman is an activist in the

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and is among the prominent organizing members. During one of the protests, Neuman was detained and interrogated by police for a tweet against a policeman on horseback who whipped a fellow protester.

Personal life

Neuman is openly gay and lives in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a popula ...

."רק בשבוע שעבר צעקו לי ברחוב 'יא הומו'"
(in Hebrew)

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