Sham - Israeli Actors and Actresses Organization

The association's purpose is to operate an actors' union, preservation, cultivation and promotion of local culture, art and creation in Israel in all its components and variations, professional protection of workers and concern for their wages and working conditions, in the spirit of UNESCO decisions and recommendations - the United Nations organization for education, science and culture, of which Israel is a member, which recognized that the resilience and vitality of culture and art depend, among other things, on the welfare of artists both as individuals and as a group, by all means available to the association, including: promotion of Israeli creation in film and television, theater, internet and all future media. Promotion of the status of performing artists in Israel in the field of drama in its various forms. Preservation, encouragement and cultivation of fair and dignified working conditions for performing artists in the field of drama in its various forms in their activities both in Israel and abroad. Protection of the rights of performing artists in Israel, including their intellectual property and performance rights