Al-Quds city, October 08, SPA — Even in a country known for its casual dress, informality has its limits. Israel’s parliament unleashed the fashion police ahead of the opening of its annual winter session Monday, saying visitors wearing «unbecoming attire» would not be allowed into the building.
«Entrance to the Knesset will be barred to anyone wearing unbecoming attire, such as sleeveless T-shirts, short pants, jeans and, for women, short T-shirts that expose the midriff,» Avi Balashnikov, director general of the parliament, or Knesset, said in a statement.
The order appeared to be aimed specifically at the local media and parliamentary staffers. Earlier this year, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s office issued a similar dress code after a female journalist arrived at a news conference in a skin-baring top.
Shelly Yachimovich, a lawmaker, told Israel Army Radio that one
of her male staffers was barred from entering the Knesset early Monday because he was wearing jeans.