“Protesters are using our names and pushing against us,” Shomer said, claiming that protesters attacked the police during the demonstration.
“This demonstration saw very harsh police behavior,” Shomer said.
Police said in a statement that three police officers were injured during the demonstration and previously said that an officer had been beaten through a stone.
Previously, police had warned that protesters would be evicted with “reasonable force” if they left the premises. However, thousands of protesters refused to move, leaving both sides stagnant.
Protesters chanted “revolution” and “shame” in the ranks of Yassam police on the other side of the barricade.
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Police said after the demonstration that police officers had told activists to avoid the use of megaphones and other noises, according to a Superior Court ruling to prevent local citizens from being disturbed at night, but “some protesters chose to respond with insults. and insults opposed to the police. Array aggravates noise and disrupts public order when reused to disperse on its own.
Estimates put the number of protesters at the demonstration at about 10,000.
Hundreds more demonstrated at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal home in the coastal city of Caesarea, and many more accumulated on bridges and intersections across the country.
Earlier in Jerusalem, protesters organized a march in the capital, in violation of police guidelines, prompting small quarrels between the two sides.
Protesters have demonstrated in Jerusalem and opposed Netanyahu as part of ongoing protests opposing accusing the prime minister of corruption and managing the coronavirus pandemic.
“We will not let them suppress the protests. We’ll walk with you or without you. Their role is to protect us, our role is to protect a country that is collapsing,” the organizers said of the protest in a quoted through Walla. news website.
On Friday, some 5,000 demonstrators demanded Netanyahu’s resignation in Jerusalem.
Protesters have held normal demonstrations for several months in front of the prime minister in Jerusalem, as well as in Tel Aviv and other areas, calling on the prime minister to resign from his corruption charges.
Saturday night protests tend to be the largest and have been the scene of clashes between protesters and law enforcement.
They were joined by others protesting against the government’s economic policy against the coronavirus pandemic, with crowds of thousands and rising.