 If you've ever been out drinking at a pub in Jerusalem, you may have seen one of these posters affixed to the walls, usually by the toilets. The text is written in both English and Hebrew and reads, feeling uneasy, bothered or unsafe. This is a safe bar, and you can use these codes with the staff. Angel on the rocks, someone put something in my drink and I need help. Angel with lemon, staff will call the police. Angel shot, the staff will walk you outside and separate you from the harassing individual. This ingenious system is called Bar Batouach, which means safe bars in Hebrew. According to its Twitter page, the intention of the system is to allow women to feel safe in bars. The Twitter page links off to a Google map which lists 32 bars around Israel that have adopted the system, including Mike's place in Jerusalem, bars in downtown Haifa, and even one location in the southern city of Bersheva, which has a vibrant student population. According to an article in Wynet, eight bars in Jerusalem alone have signed up to be part of the initiative, including popular Jerusalem venue Hataglit. The project is the brainchild of Hodea Boucheri, a 22-year-old Jerusalemite student. Boucheri created the project after having an unpleasant experience in a bar, which attracted the attention of staff, but Boucheri didn't have safe language to communicate her distress without also tipping off her would-be abuser. Participating bars go through a short training period in order to verify that all staff members are familiar with the code words. Similar code systems have been piloted and used in bars throughout Europe and the US. The code system aims to prevent, in particular, the phenomenon of drug-assisted sexual assault, in which victims' drinks are laced with a sedative, commonly a benzodiazepine to make them more pliant and easy for their abusers to manipulate. Thanks for watching today's video, and if you'd like to receive more content from me about Jerusalem and Israel, please consider subscribing to this YouTube channel.