Many people requested to sign a petition to stop Jiang's persecution and to free Xiong Wei (sister of an Israeli citizen) who was arrested in China for handing out flyers in public. Others wanted to learn the exercises immediately or asked where could they get a copy of Zhuan Falun, the main text of Falun Dafa.

Due to the pressure of the Chinese embassy via the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tel Aviv police refused to give permits for holding peaceful appeals in front of the embassy.