Meanwhile, police clashed with protesters in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square, arresting dozens of others. Other people arrested others who did not comply with the fitness rules. Hundreds of fines were imposed on protesters who did not comply with the rules.
The protesters gave the impression that they were wearing a protective mask extensively, but a police officer said they were deliberately violating social distancing regulations and regulations on the duration of demonstrations.
Police said some Tel Aviv protesters had marched through the city streets while blocking traffic. Hundreds of protesters marching down Allenvia Street in the city saw their procession blocked by police, many not dispersed until after 1 a. m.
Police said in a statement that “many protesters interrupted order, blocked roads, ignored police orders, and resorted to physical and verbal violence. A large majority brazenly violated emergency regulations when they met un est distanced, dressed in masks and endangering public health. “
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai suffered a bruise on his hand while visiting the protest sites while caught in a fight between police and protesters.
Kakhol lavan’s deputy, Miki Haimovich, arrived at the site of the protest in Habima Square and said she would react to reports that police opposed violence against protesters, and suggested that they allow activists to demonstrate peacefully.
In reaction to her actions, Likud MP Shlomo Karhi asked her to call for her dismissal from the Knesset’s internal affairs committee for “protest against the government. “
The new measures that followed this week prevented Israelis from traveling more than a kilometre from their home to protest and restrict demonstrations to socially remote teams of 20 people. It is said that they also allow several teams of 20 in “capsules” in regions with enough area for social activities. between the capsules.
The adoption of the restrictions was perceived as a blow to the weekly outdoor protests of Netanyahu’s official jerusalem apartment over the Prime Minister’s corruption rates and his handling of the pandemic. However, Saturday’s large involvement across the country indicated that this could possibly only have served to further galvanize opposition to Netanyahu.
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Along with smaller demonstrations across the country, a few hundred more people piled up in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square in Jerusalem on Balfour Street, opposite the prime minister’s residence, where protests attracted tens of thousands of people, showed heaps.
Several incidents of violence against protesters have been reported; An 81-year-old woman was reportedly thrown to the ground in Jerusalem. His condition is not known without delay. In northern Tel Aviv, protesters said a woman had been assaulted and injured. She was taken to Ichilov Medical Center in the city. Police arrested the alleged assailant, along with two other activists, the first claiming to have attacked him first.
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The Thirteenth Canal reported that in Pardes Hannah, a protester’s hand had been damaged by an aggressor, while in Holon and Ramat Gan, glass bottles were thrown at the protesters.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz tweeted that attacks on protesters were “unacceptable” and called on police to bring the culprits to justice. Opposition leader Yair Lapid said the attacks were the result of “the toxic incitement of Netanyahu and his gang. . . for that. “
On Thursday, there was an alleged battering ram attack on protesters at a rally against the government in Tel Aviv. Doctors said there were no injuries in the incident. A suspect was subsequently arrested.
Black Flags accused the government of being obsessed with protests that concentrated on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We are in a historic and fateful moment,” Black Flags said. “They silence the Public Complaint Array . . . However, we will give up our freedom to make our voices heard. “
Aher group, Ein Matzav (“No Way”), said: “This demonstration will stop, and will continue to increase until [Netanyahu] leaves the [official residence] and his post. “
Police reportedly verified the directions of the protesters to make sure they were more than a mile from their home.
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Most of the protesters seemed to stay away from each other, it was not transparent that they remained in “groups” or “groups” of 20 people.
At the end of Thursday, the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee legalized the government’s emergency regulations to restrict overcrowding. The new restrictions took effect on Thursday and will remain in effect until at least October 7.
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Gantz’s resolve to help ban mass protests would have caused great dismay within his Kakhol lavan component. On Friday he saw the resignation of Tourism Minister Asaf Zamir, who said he may no longer be a component of a government he did not accept as true. resolutions.
Opposition lawmakers on Friday accused the coalition of shutting down small businesses to justify new emergency regulations that give the government the strength to restrict protests.
MP Yamina Ayelet Shaked, MP Yisrael Beytenu Oded Forer and others said they were surprised to be informed that small businesses were also part of the rallies that emergency regulations aimed to limit.
The small business ban came despite regulations allowing up to 10 other people to gather inside a building, deeply infuriating opposition lawmakers on the Knesset committee.
Shaked, a former justice minister, accused coalition lawmakers of taking small business owners as a scapegoat for justifying the use of emergency regulations to restrict protests.
“Small businesses are allowed to function because it is transparent that if they had approved this, they would have legally abolished [the legitimacy] of a special state of emergency to limit demonstrations,” Shaked said at the committee meeting.
While supporters of the restrictions say they aim to reduce the development curve of coronavirus infections in Israel, organizers concerned about protests against Netanyahu over the past 3 months have strongly opposed new regulations, they are violating their freedom of demonstration and opposition Parliamentarians have accused the coalition of sesing COVID-related restrictions to thwart protests.
The AFP contributed to this report.