Eli Kripor, 67, was carrying a sign that said, “Trump will make Israel wonderful again.”Six years ago, Kripor returned to Israel after spending 35 years in New York.He saw strong similarities between the left in Israel and the remaining ones in the United States treat the heads of their respective governments.
“I’m here for Bibi because I see [that] what the left [does] to Bibi is precisely what the mainstream media, the left and the Democrats are doing to Trump,” he said, using the nickname Netanyahu. copying the far left Antifa and Black Lives Matter in the United States, “he added.
Police said they arrested four other people in a counter-demonstration on suspicion of disturbing public order after refusing to pay attention to police commandos to avoid making noise after 9:30 p.m.according to court orders.
According to the Ynet news website, one of those briefly arrested during counter-demonstration was with his 11-year-old daughter.Uzi Anter said his daughter was delivered on the bus and had an argument with police until they agreed not to.take him into custody, but not yet show up at the police station for questioning on Sunday.
“They put me on the bus and my daughter fought for me.They allowed him to continue after he didn’t give up,” Anter said.
Among those deported through police earlier in the day were former Shin Bet leader Carmi Gillon and retired Air Force Brigadier General Amir Haskel.
“We tried to communicate with the police, we listened to each other, but there was no progress,” Gillon told the Times of Israel.”I am in a position to be arrested to protect my right to protest, which is a sacred right.”to me.”
Haskel said the police had told them in the past that they would not have to leave for the pro-Netanyahu demonstration to take place.Haskel said the withdrawal of anti-Netanyahu protesters was a double standard, while a similar pro-Netanyahu protest camp had never been invited to make demonstrations opposed to the prime minister.
“This is a clash between your right to protest and our right to protest.It’s his right, like ours,” Haskel said.” We’ve been protesting here for over two months.Have we ever asked the [pro-Netanyahu protesters] to pick up their tents here?»
Yorai Lahav-Hertzanu, yesh Atid’s deputy, was forceded by force of the rule through the police even though he and the passers-by told them he was a lawmaker with immunity.Police said in a statement that Lahav-Hertzanu refused to identify himself and was released after a senior officer met him as a member of the Knesset.
“The police grabbed me with both hands even though he knew me as a member of the Knesset.I asked for the opportunity to identify myself as a member of the Knesset and they dragged me by force,” Lahav-Hertzanu told Channel 12 Channel 12.
“But I am not history here, the protesters are, and their right to protest and what they are in.We want to know who gave the order from above to evacuate this camp in Balfour,” said the MP, referring to the street where the Prime Minister’s apartment is located.
Lahav-Hertzanu’s accusation was convicted through several lawmakers, adding Knesset President Yariv Levin, a best friend of Netanyahu’s Likud.
Levin wrote on Facebook that he had spoken to Lahav-Hertzanu for his “surprise.”
“This is an incident that undermines a Knesset member’s fundamental ability to fulfill his role, which will not be accepted into a democratic system,” Levin said.
In a statement, Jerusalem police said they had not evacuated the anti-Netanyahu protest tent, but moved it “several meters so that the other demonstration could take place.”
According to Avi Ofer, a long-time activist concerned about protests against Netanyahu, after anti-government protesters returned to the camp later that night, they discovered that he had been vandalized by police.
“The police are acting politically,” he said.”It’s hard to believe. What we’ve noticed has crossed all boundaries.
Protesters have held normal demonstrations for several months outdoors in the prime minister’s apartment in Jerusalem, as well as in Tel Aviv and other areas, asking the prime minister to resign from his corruption charges.
They were joined by others protesting the government’s economic policy against the coronavirus pandemic, with crowds of thousands growing.
Hundreds of anti-Netanyahu protesters piled up Thursday night in the northern city of Haifa.Liat, a resident of Haifa, told Haaretz that he had attended the demonstration for the sake of his two daughters serving in the Israel Defense Forces.
Netanyahu’ failed. Both with himself and with the situation, ” said Liat.
Aaron Boxerman contributed to this report.