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Des dizaines de milliers de manifestants contre Netanyahu
Les rassemblements de ce samedi soir dans tout le pays pourraient être les plus importants à ce jour
Par Aaron Boxerman et Times of Israel Staff | 11 oct 2020, 12:24
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Des dizaines de milliers d’Israéliens ont manifesté contre le Premier ministre Benjamin Netanyahu dans plus de 1 000 rassemblements respectant la distanciation sociale dans tout le pays samedi soir – le quatrième soirée de ce type depuis que le gouvernement a institué une interdiction des manifestations de masse dans le cadre du confinement national dû au coronavirus.

Des affrontements ont été signalés à Tel Aviv entre les manifestants et la police alors que les autorités tentaient d’empêcher les militants de défiler dans les rues. La police a déclaré avoir arrêté huit manifestants à Tel Aviv et à Jérusalem.

Les rassemblements de ce samedi soir auraient attiré les foules les plus importantes après des mois de manifestations appelant à la démission de Netanyahu pour ses accusations de corruption et sa mauvaise gestion présumée de la pandémie. (...)

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Netanyahu tried to stifle dissent. He got one of Israel’s largest protests Nir Hasson | Oct. 4, 2020 | 11:04 AM | Haaretz.com
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The smaller protests forced by coronavirus restrictions expose demonstrators to more violence, increasing fears of a political murder

The usual protesters near the prime minister’s official Balfour Street residence in Jerusalem noticed something different – the disappearance of the prime minister’s convoy. The loud and aggressive convoy is a permanent part of the landscape, at least twice a day. But last week, nobody remembered seeing it, from either the main entrance on Gaza Road or the secondary entrance from Smolenskin Street. Maybe the Shin Bet security service has found another way in, and maybe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t have time to go home or found himself a place to rest elsewhere.

Either way, there’s a feeling among the protesters that the demonstrations are getting to Netanyahu and putting his family under strain. There’s no other explanation for the great pressure Netanyahu is bringing to bear to place them outside the boundaries of allowed activities during the lockdown. His victory in the cabinet and the Knesset appeared pyrrhic on Saturday.

The picture of his victory was to have shown Paris Square, near his residence, empty of protesters on Saturday night. The square was indeed relatively empty, but still, more than 200 protesters gathered. And the thousands did not remain at home, either. On the contrary, it seemed that the core of young people who usually come to Balfour Street gathered in Tel Aviv.

The long protest, in which the police arrested 38 people and handed out hundreds of tickets, shows that their determination has not weakened at all. The opposite is true. As in the case of the arrest of protest leader Amir Haskel, the use of water cannons and false arrests, this time too, it seems that the attempt to suppress the protests was like dousing a fire with gasoline.

In addition to the demonstration in Tel Aviv, one of the largest protests in the country’s history took place on Saturday night. Hundreds – apparently more than a thousand – demonstrations of between dozens and a few hundred people were held throughout the country. The fact that the government prohibited people from traveling more than a kilometer from their homes solved the dilemma for many people as to whether to travel to Jerusalem to join the protest. They simply walked out of the house and protested at the nearest junction. Children, old people and families stood at almost every square and every junction in cities and main roads and opposite the homes of ministers and lawmakers.

The protests were sparked by the sense of emergency in light of the ban on demonstrations, and a feeling of frustration over the ongoing failure of the government in dealing with the pandemic. If someone hoped that the lockdown and the bans would snuff out the protest, they had a disappointing Saturday night.

Unfortunately, the small and scattered demonstrations are turning protesters into easier prey as far as Netanyahu supporters are concerned. Dozens of reports of violence, cursing, spitting and threats against the protesters flowed throughout the evening. Netanya Ginzburg, 81, who was attacked by a Netanyahu supporter at the a junction in Jerusalem’s Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood and fell, recalled the protest in which peace activist Emil Grunzweig was killed in 1983 and said she was afraid it would happen again. Her fear is very justified.

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Noga Tarnopolsky
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Tel Aviv police commander claims to be completely unaware of any violence directed by police against protesters, or of police impeding reporters’ work, yet decries violence on the part of protesters, who he says threw eggs at cops. Really.

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More than 2,000 are marching through the heart of Tel Aviv calling for ’Justice for Solomon; Justice for Iyad.’
“It would be very difficult to stop this march,” @bar_peleg
reports, “and maybe that’s why the police are not around.”

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Deploy the West Bank brigade to the protests. Let Israelis meet their army
Gideon Levy | Sep. 30, 2020 | 10:33 PM | Haaretz.com
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The soft souls of Israel Defense Forces soldiers are about to be corrupted: They’ve been sent to disperse a demonstration and to stand alongside police officers at roadblocks. At a roadblock in Jerusalem, a paratrooper has already been insulted by a demonstrator; where will this shame lead?

In response, Chief of General Staff Aviv Kochavi, who is meticulous about preserving the purity of his soldiers, ordered them back to their bases immediately. “This is awful,” said protest activist Giora Inbar, a brigadier general in the reserves. “Once they sent paratroopers to Jerusalem to rebuff the enemy; yesterday they positioned armed paratroopers to push back demonstrators who had gone to Jerusalem to defend democracy.”

According to Inbar, between the “liberation” of Jerusalem in 1967 and the dispersal of the “democracy demonstration” on Balfour Street in 2020, the paratroopers were a local branch of the Salvation Army. They fed the elderly, helped the poor and trained by parachuting at the beach. With all due respect to Mr. Inbar, this is a rose-colored misrepresentation. The paratroopers who were brought to Jerusalem this week were doing exactly what they’ve been doing most of the past 53 years, only less brutally, of course.

From Ammunition Hill to Paris Square, this is what they’ve been doing. Forcefully dispersing protests and standing at roadblocks and suffocating a people. A significant part of what the paratroopers and all the other field corps have been doing in the past several decades is policing and control, just like now in Jerusalem. That may not sound or look nice, and it is certainly far from being heroic – compare that teary paratrooper from the Western Wall to the paratrooper at a checkpoint – but it’s the same red beret, that should have been hidden in shame long ago. That’s the routine of the police and the occupation army, the Israel Defense Forces. Every night it raids homes and drags people out of their beds, especially for their political activity, another disgraceful and illegal action. Once every few years they conduct criminal operations in Gaza or Lebanon that are hard to call wars, since there is no army opposing them. Even when they are guarding settlers in patently illegal outposts and settlements, they are actively participating in the State of Israel’s biggest political game, taking a clear and unequivocal political stand.

The IDF, as subcontractor for the occupation, is one of the most politicized armies in the world. There are few like it. Therefore, we ask the defense minister, the chief of general staff, and Brig.-Gen. Inbar – spare us your self-righteousness and hypocritical eye-rolling. The activities at Balfour Street are the most natural and necessary continuation of the paratroopers’ activity at the Beka’ot checkpoint and Dheisheh refugee camp. No one is as skilled as they are at checkpoints, and no one is more experienced in dispersing demonstrations with force. Ask any Palestinian. It’s true that they are, for now, using kid gloves in west Jerusalem, in contrast to the way they were trained to operate in the territories. Perhaps that’s why the Paratroopers Brigade, Kochavi and Defense Minister Benny Gantz want to keep them away from the city, lest their skills get rusty. After all, on Balfour Street we’re talking about fellow Jews, Israeli citizens, human beings.

But the IDF has even better trained forces than the paratroopers, whose glory is somewhat muted. Troops of the Kfir Brigade, the infantry battalions deployed in the West bank, are experts in handling checkpoints and demonstrations. Perhaps it would be better to move them to Balfour Street, to replace those of the red beret.

The Border Police wouldn’t do a bad job, either. Simply set the border policemen free, and they will abuse the demonstrators, steal from them and even shoot helpless people with autism. Those who did this in a rubbish depot in East Jerusalem can easily do the same in the western part of the city, after a short adjustment period. The self-righteous fear that the people’s army will become politicized and the moral army will turn into guardians of the regime. No need to worry; the IDF has been those things for a while.

Perhaps there is some positive aspect to all this: The people will finally get to know its army and how it works. Send the Kfir Brigade to Balfour Street and Israelis will be shocked. That’s another reason why Kochavi and Gantz want to keep the army off of the streets; so we won’t see what it really does and how its soldiers routinely treat human beings.

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Gaz lacrymogène et policiers à cheval à Tel Aviv hier soir pour disperser la manif anti Netanyahu. La prochaine fois balles caoutchoutées ? Et ensuite ?

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Israel passes law limiting protests under lockdown
Haaretz.com | Jonathan Lis, Nir Hasson, Bar Peleg, Yaniv Kubovich | Sep. 30, 2020 | 8:13 AM
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Along with the legislation barring protesters from traveling more than a kilometer from their homes to attend a demonstration, a ’special state of emergency’ was declared

The Knesset passed an amendment to the government’s coronavirus law early Wednesday morning that would bar protesters from traveling more than a kilometer (0.6 miles) from their homes to attend a demonstration.

The legislation comes after a compromise was struck between Likud and Kahol Lavan regarding the stringency of the new measures, with Netanyahu watering down his initial proposal from Friday in exchange for limiting protests.

Along with the law, a “special state of emergency” was declared, which the ministerial cabinet will need to ratify three times each week. The declaration and its extension will be brought to the constitution committee, which will be able to overturn the state of emergency retroactively.

A special state of emergency does not allow the government to completely ban prayer, protests or religious ceremonies, but will be able to limit the number of participants in such gatherings. In addition, it will allow the government to limit protesters from demonstrating beyond the designated radius from their home, at the moment set to one kilometer (0.6 miles).

On Tuesday night, the Israeli military also decided not to place more soldiers at police checkpoints in order to help enforce the lockdown in Jerusalem.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that placing troops at police checkpoints near demonstrations is a “mistake that has already been addressed and will not be repeated.”

Earlier on Tuesday, activists who were traveling to the Knesset to protest against an amendment that would bar demonstrations further than a kilometer from their home documented verbal altercations with soldiers who were stationed near the parliament, delaying some of the protesters.

Gantz urged to leave the Israeli army and police out of the political debate and vehemently condemned any “attempt to attack soldiers and officers in the line of duty.”

Eyewitnesses indicated that the police were the ones who actually came into contact with the protesters, but the very placement of the soldiers at the checkpoints provoked criticism.

“The government sets the policy,” Gantz said. The army’s spokesperson’s unit also released a statement saying that soldiers “are not authorized to to perform any kind of enforcement on civilian population.”

On Monday, demonstrators gathered outside Gantz’s home, and those of fellow Kahol Lavan members Gabi Ashkenazi and Avi Nissenkorn, as well as outside the home of Health Minister Yuli Edelstein.

During the Knesset debates on Tuesday, hundreds of protesters gathered outside to oppose the legislation, three of whom were arrested by Israel Police.

Protesters outside the Knesset termed the bill “an anti-democratic law serving Netanyahu.” Many of them arrived in a protest convoy, which caused significant traffic in Jerusalem. Some clashed with police, who had earlier taken down a protest sign hung on the gates of the nearby Finance Ministry office.

One of the three people placed under arrest, Brig. Gen. (Res.) Assaf Agmon, a leader of the “En Matzav” ("No way") protest group, said he was subjected to violence. “We came to demonstrate against the possibility that a law would be enacted that would no longer allow demonstrations in the State of Israel,” he told Haaretz. “This is the last step before we fall into a completely fascist state.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party had previously demanded significant additional restrictions to the coronavirus emergency legislation, which Knesset failed to ratify on Friday, which included the prohibition of all demonstrations across the country to curb the spike in coronavirus infections.

After failing to pass the bill through Knesset, Netanyahu announced and then retracted a plan to halt demonstrations through emergency regulations, a move that Kahol Lavan vetoed and Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit disqualified on legal grounds.

On Monday night, a Likud source said the party was considering retracting four proposals for more stringent restrictions, so that Benny Gantz’s Kahol Lavan would lend its support to new restrictions, which would include curbing protests.

The government has sought to limit the distance protesters can demonstrate to within one kilometer from their homes, a restriction which the previous version of the law, passed in July, specifically prohibited. Following the failure of the legislation to pass, protests were held Saturday night, as they have been for the past several months.

At noon on Tuesday, the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved the bill.

The constitution committee rejected an objection by Yesh Atid lawmaker Yoav Segalovitz, calling to allow protest convoys. Four other objections, submitted by Likud lawmakers, together with Ayelet Shaked from right-wing party Yamina, were also rejected; they all related to giving the government the power to impose restrictions on protest without having to declare a state of emergency. The committee deemed that these objections should be considered together, and be brought to a separate vote, against the opinion of the Knesset’s legal adviser.

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Des milliers de personnes manifestent contre Netanyahu à Jérusalem et Tel Aviv
Par Times of Israel Staff et Aaron Boxerman 27 septembre 2020 13:18
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Des milliers de personnes ont pris part au mouvement de protestation anti-Benjamin Netanyahu, samedi, dans tout le pays, mais aussi sur Internet. Les plus grands rassemblements ont eu lieu à Jérusalem, Tel Aviv et Césarée.

Cinq manifestants ont été arrêtés à Jérusalem au cours du regroupement, qui a été l’un des plus violents de ces dernières semaines. La police et les participants se sont affrontés alors que les agents s’efforçaient de faire respecter les restrictions de distanciation sociale. Les manifestants ont dénoncé un usage excessif de la force.

Ces regroupements ont eu lieu malgré le confinement national dû au coronavirus, mais conformément toutefois à ses réglementations actuellement encore en vigueur – les députés israéliens ayant échoué, vendredi, à faire approuver une législation qui aurait sévèrement restreint les manifestations et la prière publique. (...)

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Netanyahu calls to curb protests against him under coronavirus restrictions
Jonathan Lis, Ido Efrati, Noa Landau | Sep. 22, 2020 | 8:38 PM |
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As coronavirus cabinet mulls intensifying lockdown restrictions, protests and prayer services become a central point of contention

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the “farce” of anti-government protests calling for his resignation must be curbed under the coronavirus restrictions.

Israel’s coronavirus cabinet met Tuesday to discuss intensifying lockdown restrictions amid a spike in infections and mortality and the increasing burden on hospitals.

Discussions were adjourned without a decision. Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi offered to hold a meeting on Tuesday evening with representatives of the Attorney General, the police and the Health Ministry to clarify restrictions on prayers and protests. Their recommendations will be heard when the cabinet reconvenes on Wednesday morning at 11:30 A.M. Israel time (4:30 A.M. EDT).

“For a long time I’ve avoided weighing in on the matter, but after I’ve heard experts claiming that gatherings are a huge threat to public health, it is my obligation to speak about it. The entire public is obligated to abide by the regulations and only a group of protesters is exempt,” Netanyahu said. “You can only visit the Western Wall if you live within a kilometer of it, but people can come to Balfour from all over the country. At the Western Wall people can only pray in groups of twenty, but at the protests everything is permitted. This farce must stop!”

“There must be one law for prayers and protests and all forms of gatherings. Otherwise the public won’t listen to the guidelines and the rate of infection will soar to threatening proportions,” Netanyahu said.

Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn of Kahol Lavan said, “We must adjust the protests to the demands of the lockdown. But restrictions must be decided by experts and not by the politicians who are the subject of the protests."

"We will support giving police the authority to enforce the restrictions at the protests.” Nissenkorn added, “however, in a democratic country governments do not forbid protests against them.”

Netanyahu supporters have not been the only ones calling for protesters to stay home however. Ofer Shelah, a veteran member of opposition party Yesh Atid, who is currently staging a bid for its leadership, called on those hoping to unseat Netanyahu to “stop until the end of the lockdown, continue in other ways.”

“There is nothing more just than a protest against a corrupt and failed prime minister. And there is nothing more justified than stopping the mass demonstrations against him at this critical moment,” Shelah said on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.

COVID-19 czar Prof. Ronni Gamzu presented cabinet ministers with his plan to reduce prayer activity in synagogues after an assessment by health professionals.

Gamzu’s plan drew ire from Interior Minister Arye Dery, who chairs the ultra-Orthodox Shas party. “I cannot understand why demonstrations are a yes and prayers are a no,” Dery said. “Prayer is important not only for the ultra-Orthodox, but also for the religious, the conservatives and the secular. It is a sacred value,” Dery said.

Dery threatened to resign over the matter. “We live in a Jewish and democratic state. From my perspective it is a Jewish state first and foremost. If we cannot hold prayers in synagogues and the protests continue, I don’t think we’re talking about a Jewish state anymore and I cannot stay at my post,” Dery said.

The Black Flag movement, which is among the organizers of the anti-Netanyahu protests, also said last week that its activists would stop attending the protests in Jerusalem, and instead focus on coming out in multiple locations throughout the country. But it blasted the prime minister’s remarks on Tuesday evening: “The destroyer of the country Netanyahu is the reason that Israel is under lockdown. He’s busy with silly flights and managing his trial and not with the coronavirus!"

“This is an order, for everyone who wants to save the nation,” the statement added. "Come to the bridges, intersections, and in convoys on Thursday and Saturday in order to fight the defendant who is destroying the nation.”

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Première manifestation anti-Netanyahu à Jérusalem depuis le reconfinement
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Plusieurs milliers de manifestants se sont rassemblés dimanche soir à Jérusalem pour réclamer le départ du Premier ministre israélien Benjamin Netanyahu, inculpé pour corruption et accusé de mauvaise gestion de la crise sanitaire, alors que le pays est reconfiné depuis vendredi.

Les manifestations ont été autorisées malgré le reconfinement, dans le cadre duquel les Israéliens ne peuvent toutefois sortir de chez eux que dans un rayon d’un kilomètre pour se détendre, et plus loin uniquement pour aller faire des courses ou pour travailler si leur profession est jugée essentielle.

Les protestataires étaient aussi nombreux dimanche soir que lors des manifestations précédentes, organisées chaque samedi depuis près de trois mois devant la résidence de M. Netanyahu à Jérusalem, malgré les nouvelles restrictions, a constaté un journaliste de l’AFP.

Ils portaient des masques mais ne respectaient pas plus que lors des manifestations précédentes les mesures de distanciation sociale imposées pour lutter contre la propagation du nouveau coronavirus.

La police a indiqué que les barricades qu’elle avait placées sur la place où se déroulait la manifestation avaient été enlevées par les protestataires qui « n’ont pas écouté les règles ».

Un automobiliste qui avait tenté de lancer son véhicule vers des barricades de police dressées aux abords du lieu de la manifestation a été arrêté par la police qui n’a pas donné davantage de détails sur l’incident ni sur l’identité du conducteur.

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There was an attempted car ramming of protesters near the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem. Had it happened in the West Bank, it would be headlining news. The main Israeli radio anchors are talking about how much they ate over Rosh Hashanah. @GLZRadio
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In Oren Ziv’s video, the car ramming looks less dramatic than reports have indicated

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Another view of Jerusalem’s Paris Square (via @SuleimanMas1)

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Protesters rally against Netanyahu over corruption, coronavirus
Reuters | Published : 09.12.20
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Thousands of Israelis protested against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Saturday over his alleged corruption and the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The crowd rallied outside Netanyahu’s residence, blowing whistles, waving signs and flags and calling for his resignation. Smaller protests were held along bridges at major intersections in cities across Israel.
Israeli media estimated that about 10,000 people attended what has become a weekly demonstration in Jerusalem.

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Suleiman Maswadeh also reports the number of marchers & protesters rising at anti-Netanyahu rallies ( @SuleimanMas1 )

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@nirhasson reports Paris Square completely full, but with more space than in the huge August demos. “About 10,000, very energetic & impressive. The next few weeks between re-lockdown & the Jewish holidays will be the test.”

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9 protesters were detained/arrested tonight for “disturbing the public.”
As far as I know, @TheBlackFlags1 @MovGov & #CrimeMinister protests will not take place during the 3 weeks of High Holy days but expect to resume October 10 or 17.

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Jérsualem. Ils ne lâchent pas. des dizaines de milliers de manifestants à Balfour - place de Paris contre la corruption du pouvoir

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Jerusalem police clash with anti-Netanyahu demonstrators as protest enters 11th week - Israel News - Haaretz.com
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Jerusalem police clash with anti-Netanyahu demonstrators as protest enters 11th week
Protesters march through Jerusalem on their way to the prime minister’s official residence ■ Prominent artist and activist blocked from entering protest site
Nir Hasson, Bar Peleg, Noa Shpigel | Sep. 6, 2020 | 2:23 PM

Thousands of Israelis gathered on Saturday evening outside the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem and at other locations around the country for the 11th consecutive week, calling on the prime minister to resign in light of his ongoing corruption trial.

Alongside the protest, demonstrators marched from the city’s Chords Bridge to the official residence. Police forces tried to stop the group from marching through Jaffa Street towards Netanyahu’s residence, but protesters removed police barriers and brief clashes ensued. At least 12 arrests were made, and on Sunday a district court extended the detention of five protesters who tried to remove the barriers until Monday afternoon.

Police said two officers were wounded in clashes with protesters.

Prominent artist and activist Zeev Engelmayer, who regularly participates in the weekly demonstrations in the costume of his female character Shoshke, was stopped at the entrance to the demonstration and prevented from entering it.

According to an eyewitness, police detained him after an argument over wearing a mask, but police said the reason was his costume.

Engelmayer said police violated his freedom of expression. “Instead of the police arresting our corrupt Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu who has cases [against him] and cheated and incites the people against each other, they stop me because of a cloth outfit.”

The police said in a statement they detained “a man who arrived at the protest compound dressed as a naked woman, in a manner that could constitute sexual harassment of the public.”

Additional demonstrations were held at intersections and on bridges across the country, as well as near Netanyahu’s private residence in Caesarea, where hundreds gathered. About 40 supporters of the prime minister showed up for a counter-demonstration.

Several dozen people also protested against Netanyahu’s government on bridges in the Arab cities of Taibeh and Nazareth.

Wajdi Haj Yahya, a resident of Taibeh, has been protesting on a bridge at the entrance to the city for six weeks. “We are growing from week to week,” he said. Demonstrations in the city continue even though the city has been defined as “red” due to high coronavirus infection rates. “Corona will not prevent us from demonstrating and protesting,” he said.

Salim Abbas, a member of the Arab-Jewish movement Standing Together, who demonstrated in Nazareth, said: “We demand that the government start working for us in health, livelihood and welfare. We demand hope.”

The protest comes amid ongoing tensions between protesters and the police. On Friday night, thirteen anti-government activists were arrested for attempting to load several police crowd control barriers onto a truck, ahead of Saturday’s demonstration outside the prime minister’s official residence in Jerusalem.

In addition, a press photographer was detained for over an hour, with the police confiscating his camera. He was detained, according to the police, because his press card had expired.

Nine of the activists will be brought before the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court to extend their detention on Saturday evening.

Last Saturday, about 20,000 protesters gathered outside Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem. Tensions ran high with police following documented incidents of police violence at a previous protest.

Parallel protests were held outside Netanyahu’s private residence in Caesarea and at over 300 bridges and major intersections nationwide.

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Live from Jerusalem, IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT
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While the police figure out what “sexual harassment” means they also release comedian & artist Zeev Engelmayer, aka “Shoshke,” who was arrested & illegally prevented from attending the protest.

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En Israël, les manifestations contre Netanyahu ne faiblissent pas
30/08/2020 - Avec notre correspondant à Jérusalem, Michel Paul
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Nouvelle soirée de manifestations ce samedi contre le Premier ministre israélien Benyamin Netanyahu. Un mouvement qui continue à prendre de l’ampleur.
La police demande aux manifestants de réduire le niveau de bruit et de se disperser dans le calme. À Jérusalem ce sont des dizaines de milliers de personnes qui se sont rassemblées face à la résidence du Premier ministre.

Ailleurs dans le pays des milliers d’autres aux carrefours et sur les ponts ont réclamé le départ de Benyamin Netanyahu. C’est la dixième semaine consécutive que se déroulent ces manifestations.

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Des manifestants anti-Netanyahu bloquent les routes à Tel Aviv et Haïfa
Par Times of Israel Staff 28 août 2020, 11:42 | The Times of Israël
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Des centaines d’Israéliens ont bloqué les routes de Tel Aviv et Haïfa jeudi soir lors de manifestations simultanées appelant à la démission du Premier ministre Benjamin Netanyahu.

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A striking difference between Palestinian and Israeli protests
Gideon Levy | Aug. 27, 2020 - Haaretz.com
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People are demonstrating against injustice and for justice both in the West Bank village of Kafr Qaddum and outside the prime minister’s residence on Jerusalem’s Balfour Street. In both places, the protesters are imbued with a sense of mission.

It’s more pleasant on Balfour, more dangerous in Qaddum. There’s more sacrifice in Qaddum, more art on Balfour. Balfour gets exhaustive media coverage; Qaddum is completely excluded from the Israeli media.

In Qaddum, the protesters are fighting for freedom; on Balfour, there’s a feeling of freedom. On Balfour, the demonstrators are citizens; in Qaddum, they’re subjects with no rights. On Balfour, the most privileged are demonstrating; in Qaddum, the most oppressed are.

But both are subject to the same government. Both are legitimate protests, and the government that’s trying to suppress them isn’t a democracy, but a tyranny.

There’s no symmetry between Qaddum and Balfour except in their shared legitimacy. Balfour isn’t interested in Qaddum, and Qaddum isn’t interested in Balfour.

On Balfour, they’re fighting against the prime minister; in Qaddum, they’re fighting against the regime. The Balfour protests are legitimate in the eyes of most Israelis; those in Qaddum aren’t. Balfour is close to our hearts; Qaddum lies behind mountains of darkness, denial and repression. On Balfour, people are “demonstrating”; in Qaddum, they’re “disturbing the peace,” or maybe they’re even “terrorists.”

Balfour is politics, Qaddum is terror. The people who throw stones and burn tires to protest the army and the settlements have no legitimacy to be there. On Balfour, police using their fists and detentions lasting for hours are considered severe, unacceptable violence; in Qaddum, the authorities are permitted every abuse.

They shoot demonstrators with live bullets and sponge-tipped steel bullets, throw tear gas canisters in frightening quantities, hurl stun grenades and shoot protesters in the head, including children. Twice in the last two months I’ve visited children who became vegetables in Qaddum after soldiers shot them in the head from far away, for no reason.

On Wednesday, Hagar Shezaf and Yaniv Kubovich had a mind-boggling report in Haaretz revealing that Israeli soldiers have also begun planting bombs in Qaddum. You have to understand that these bombs were meant to be used against demonstrators. The Nahal Brigade’s reconnaissance unit has suddenly become a terrorist organization by any measure, and its soldiers have become terrorists who plant bombs meant to blow up innocent civilians.

This doesn’t interest the protesters on Balfour; they’re busy with their own issues. But the Balfour protesters ought to be interested in Qaddum, because the police violence on Balfour was born amid the olive groves of Qaddum. First they took Qaddum; next they’ll take Balfour.

The fact that most Israelis see the violence against the Qaddum protesters as legitimate, having been convinced that the soldiers shooting in Qaddum are protecting them, is what legitimizes the milder violence used against the Balfour protesters, even though the latter hasn’t yet gained complete legitimacy.

So this must be said clearly: Anyone who wasn’t interested in Qaddum and bought the propaganda offered by the army and the military reporters who do its bidding, is now getting brass knuckles in uniform at Balfour. And if the protests on Balfour persist, their suppression will become more violent, like in Qaddum.

There ought to be solidarity between the Balfour and Qaddum demonstrators, but there isn’t. The Balfour protesters are Zionist and proud of it; the Qaddum protesters are anti-Zionist and can’t be otherwise. The key is to understand the connection between these two foci of protest and the necessity of acknowledging the legitimacy of both.

Qaddum has been suffocating for 17 years, ever since Israel blocked the main road connecting it to Nablus, the district capital, to expand the settlement of Kedumim. The road to Nablus has been made 14 kilometers longer so that Daniella Weiss and her friends can recklessly build more and more homes. If protests against that aren’t legitimate, no protest in the world is.

But Israel doesn’t recognize this. Most Israelis think Qaddum has no right to protest at all.

At Balfour, people demonstrate against a prime minister charged with crimes. At Qaddum, they demonstrate against one of the most tyrannical regimes on earth, one that commits war crimes like planting bombs and building settlements.

Murad Shatawi, head of Qaddum’s popular committee, sent me a report last Friday, just as he does every Friday: “Two people wounded by metal bullets, and I broke my leg.” If the Balfour protesters are serious, they must start getting interested in Qaddum.

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Israelis’ shock at police violence at anti-Netanyahu protests is quite shocking
Amira Hass | Aug. 25, 2020 | 11:29 PM - Haaretz.com
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For a moment I thought I would begin by writing that I welcome every blow delivered by a Jewish police officer to a Jewish demonstrator on Jerusalem’s Balfour Street. But I changed my mind. Violent police – who are arousing such shock among the mainstream media these days – are situated on the same continuum as individual and gang rapists, sexual harassers, nursery school teachers who abuse toddlers and social media bullies. I changed my mind because in my search for a lead for this article, this literary stratagem (“I welcome every blow,” etc.) does not apply to all parts of that continuum.

All those individuals are people with power and physical strength, who resort to violence in order to harm and cause pain to others – just because they can. To feel strong and superior, to scare and silence. And in order to enjoy themselves. Let’s not forget that dimension. Enjoyment and satisfaction are an important component in demonstrating superiority, in the act of causing pain to another person.

All the recent expressions of shock are encouraging: from the spontaneous demonstrations against rape culture and the forgiving attitude toward acts of rape and harassment, to the condemnations in the media that are putting the police on the defensive. Such shock is evidence of the health of a society.

That’s on the one hand. On the other hand, however, the shock at police violence on Balfour Street is surprising. Or to be more precise – it’s shocking. It demonstrates that Israeli society does not understand how deeply mired it is in a culture of superiority, of birthright entitlement and of the divine right to exercise our muscles to attain satisfaction, real estate and a cheap and submissive work force.

Or again, to be precise: Israeli society is living in a state of conscious denial. It refuses to internalize the scope of violence that it is nurturing. And I refer not only to police violence against Palestinian in East Jerusalem or against Palestinians who are Israeli citizens.

Fifty-three years of military, police and Shin Bet security service domination over about 5 million people are exactly that: violence. Supremacy. Satisfaction with the violence and the supremacy. Every floor tile in every house in every Jewish settlement is just that: arrogant, prolonged violence, which is defended day and night by brigades and generations of our delicate and armed children.

As part of their calling to garner real estate in the West Bank, they go out to make arrests every night, including of minors. They throw them to the floor of their jeeps, handcuff and blindfold them. In about 50 percent of the cases they hit minors. A slap here, a kick or shove there. Because they can.

Open the website of the B’Tselem human rights organization to the “Updates” section. You’ll find several examples there of kicking, laughter abuse by Israel Defense Forces soldiers in uniform. Yes, I know. The right-wing propaganda has succeeded. For you the testimony of an Arab about an attack – not documented in full in a video clip, from every angle, and preferably on the smartphone of the soldiers themselves – is worthless. By the way: That’s also violence, to first believe the version of events espoused by the ruler, the one in power. The strong one, which is us.

And still, maybe the physical blow delivered by a police officer did upset something in the collective denial mechanism, and you’ll realize the connection between it and the routine violence by soldiers, only an iota of which reaches the B’Tselem website. Not killing. Not serious injury. Just incidental violence, along the way. Because they can.

Jump from there to another website of bleeding hearts, that of Yesh Din rights organization. Read the statistics: The chances that a Palestinian complaint about a soldier’s violence against him will lead to prosecution are 0.7 percent. And is there any need to mention the extent to which Jewish Israeli citizens who harm Palestinians and their orchards, in most instances, receive immunity from a police investigation and prosecution?

From January through August 10, 2020, the United Nations counted 163 incidents of assault by Jewish Israelis, from the settlements, against Palestinians. Of them 49 were physical attacks that caused wounds and bruises. There were 114 attacks against orchards, crops, fields and other property. What is the systematic turning of a blind eye to these attacks, if not a blow delivered by Israeli society – again and again?

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Dozens arrested at ten thousand-strong protest against Netanyahu in Jerusalem
Nir Hasson | Aug. 22, 2020 | 11:44 PM | Haaretz.com
Ten thousand Israelis are protesting Saturday in front of the prime minister’s official residence in Jerusalem, demanding the resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Ten thousand Israelis are protesting Saturday in front of the prime minister’s official residence in Jerusalem, demanding the resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu.

So far, police have arrested 33 people and is forcefully dispersing protesters from the area.

Earlier in the evening, about 1,000 protesters marched from the Chords Bridge near the entrance to the city toward Balfour Street, where the residence is located, despite not receiving a permit for the march from the police.

Meanwhile, demonstrators from the “Black Flag” movement, who call to defend Israel’s democracy from what they perceive as Netanyahu’s government attacks against it, have already gathered at some 300 intersections, junctions and bridges across Israel.

Another thousand protested near the prime minister’s private home in Caesarea.

During the march to Balfour Street, a police officer was documented forcefully arresting a protester while hitting him in the head. A police source said protesters refused to heed instructions and caused disturbances.

The statement claimed that one of them attempted to assault an officer and remove his mask and was subsequently arrested.

One of the protesters said that “There were some of us who started talking to the cops and told them to watch over us, but then all of a sudden the cops started throwing people into a nearby cafe, just like that they started pushing people.”

“This officer just took the first person he saw and threw him to the floor for no reason,” he added.

Police also said that one officer was injured after he was hit with a rock by the protesters.

The police detained seven protesters that were marching, claiming that they disrupted public order and attacked police officers, and reiterated in a statement that they will allow protests as long as they are peaceful and non-violent.

As they marched, protesters split and turned into separate lanes, all leading to Balfour street. Large police forces, for no apparent reason, chose to block the protesters in the lane that passed through the wide Bezalel Street, blocked the road for traffic and resorted to severe and disproportionate violence against the protesters.

Protesters reported that police officers beat them and officers on horseback trampled them. In particular, violence was directed at older protesters.

The Jerusalem police had said Saturday afternoon that they will “Continue to allow the freedom of protest and expression and we are prepared accordingly, but at the same time, we will not allow public disruption and violation of the law,” adding that they will “act against violators who do not obey police instructions and endanger public health and safety.”

Protest organizers predicted earlier that clashes may erupt with police during the demonstration, but believed it would be due to the enforcement of noise laws as requested by the High Court.

A statement on behalf of the field organizations coordinating the protest said “Those who harm the fabric of day-to-day life and violate public order are not those who march but this disconnected government that occupies itself with political absurdities while we, the people, face the worst crisis in this country’s history.”

The statement blamed the Israel Police of “Joining the blind leadership and harassing us instead of doing their job and protecting us. This shall not pass. Tonight we march because when the country collapses, you cannot remain silent.”

There is a massive police presence on the streets of Jerusalem Saturday night, including water cannons near the city’s entrance and the High Court of Justice.

According to the outline presented by the police in a hearing of a petition filed by 60 residents living near the prime minister’s residence against the demonstrations, the use of air horns, trumpets and drums will be banned from 9:30 P.M., and from 11 P.M. the use of voice amplifiers will balso be disallowed.

The High Court rejected on Wednesday the petition seeking to limit the protests in scope or move them to a different location. The court did however say that the municipal by-law banning noise after 9:30 P.M. should be “effectively enforced.”

The protest follows Friday night’s demonstration that also drew thousands to Balfour street, as part of the anti-Netanyahu protest movement that has been ongoing for the past two months.

A protest camp in front of the prime minister’s residence was forcibly evacuated by the police Thursday, to allow for the separation between the left-wing demonstrators and Netanyahu supporters who came out for a counter-protest, assuming that thousands of right-wing Israelis would participate, however, only about 300 did.

The police forcefully removed about ten activists from the protest camp who chained themselves to nearby roadblocks, including former Shin Bet chief Carmi Gillon, who was dragged by the police and injured. Additionally, dozens of other protesters were removed, and one was injured and sought medical treatment at a hospital.

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30 arrested at 10,000-strong protest against Netanyahu in Jerusalem
Police officer filmed hitting protester as law enforcement forcefully disperse demonstrators ■ Police: Incident will be investigated, three officers injured
Nir Hasson, Josh Breiner | Aug. 23, 2020 | 6:26 AM | 6
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Thirty people were arrested as 10,000 demonstrated Saturday night in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem demanding his resignation.

A police officer with the rank of brigadier general was filmed hitting a protester. According to police, one protester, who was arrested, admitted to punching the officer and apologized. It was not immediately clear whether this was the same protester who was filmed being hit. Protesters who were arrested and brought to court for a hearing on their detention meanwhile described violence on the part of police that went beyond that in previous protests.

A police statement earlier said that “different groups chose today the path of provocation, including physical and verbal violence” against police, and that the protest was dispersed after demonstrators refused to stop using noisemakers. Three officers were injured during the protests, police said.

“There were some of us who started talking to the cops and told them to watch over us, but then all of a sudden the cops started throwing people into a nearby cafe, just like that they started pushing people,” said one protester. “This officer just took the first person he saw and threw him to the floor for no reason,” he added.

Earlier Saturday, about 1,000 protesters marched from the Chords Bridge near the entrance to the city toward Balfour Street, where the residence is located, despite not receiving a permit for the march from the police.

Meanwhile, demonstrators from the so-called Black Flag movement, who call to defend Israel’s democracy from what they perceive as Netanyahu’s government attacks against it, gathered at some 300 intersections, junctions and bridges across Israel.

Another 1,000 protested near the prime minister’s private home in Caesarea.

As protesters marched in Jerusalem, they split up and went into separate lanes, all leading to Balfour Street. Large police forces blocked the protesters in the lane that passed through the wide Bezalel Street and blocked the road to traffic.

Protest organizers predicted earlier that clashes might erupt with police during the demonstration, but believed it would be due to the enforcement of noise laws as requested by the High Court.

A statement on behalf of the field organizations coordinating the protest said: “Those who harm the fabric of day-to-day life and violate public order are not those who march, but rather this disconnected government that occupies itself with political absurdities while we, the people, face the worst crisis in this country’s history.”

The statement accused the police of “joining the blind leadership and harassing us instead of doing their job and protecting us.”

According to the outline presented by the police in a hearing on a petition filed by 60 residents living near the prime minister’s residence against the demonstrations, the use of air horns, trumpets and drums was banned from 9:30 P.M., and from 11 P.M. the use of voice amplifiers was also forbidden.

The High Court rejected on Wednesday the petition seeking to limit the protests in scope or move them to a different location. The court did however say that the municipal by-law banning noise after 9:30 P.M. should be “effectively enforced.”

The protest follows Friday night’s demonstration, which also drew thousands to Balfour Street, as part of the anti-Netanyahu protest movement that has been ongoing for the past two months.

A protest camp in front of the prime minister’s residence was forcibly evacuated by the police Thursday, to allow for the separation between the left-wing demonstrators and Netanyahu supporters who came out for a counter-protest, apparently assuming that thousands of right-wing Israelis would participate, while only about 300 did.

The police forcefully removed several from the protest camp who chained themselves to nearby roadblocks, including former Shin Bet chief Carmi Gillon, who was dragged by the police and injured. Additionally, dozens of other protesters were removed, and one was injured and sought medical treatment at a hospital.

300 personnes rassemblées jeudi soir rue Balfour en soutien au Premier ministre
Par Times of Israel Staff | 21 août 2020
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Environ 300 partisans du Premier ministre Benjamin Netanyahu ont manifesté devant sa résidence officielle à Jérusalem jeudi soir, au même endroit où les manifestations régulières contre lui ont attiré des milliers de personnes. Les organisateurs avaient prévu une participation plus importante, ayant demandé et reçu l’autorisation de rassembler 3 000 personnes.

Les partisans du Premier ministre se sont rassemblés avec des pancartes disant : « Netanyahu pour toujours » et « Avec vous jusqu’au bout ».

Certains participants ont scandé « Mort aux gauchistes » après la projection d’une vidéo montrant des photos et des messages publiés sur les réseaux sociaux contre le Premier ministre, rapporte le quotidien Haaretz.

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’UAE deal won’t keep us at home’: Anti-Netanyahu protests draw thousands
Bar Peleg | Aug. 15, 2020 | 11:43 PM - Haaretz.com
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Thousands of Israelis protested outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem on Saturday night, calling for his resignation for the eighth consecutive week.

The usual anti-Netanyahu protesters protesting his current legal troubles over corruption charges were joined by several organizations of self-employed Israelis protesting the failed economic response to the coronavirus crisis. In addition, the protest in Jerusalem featured a “March of Moms” protesting against violence in the Arab-Israeli community.

Police in riot gear stormed the Jerusalem protest, removing hundreds of protesters by force, an official statement said. Several protesters were also detained for not wearing masks, the police added. Three people were arrested.

Earlier in the evening, some of the protesters started to march towards the President’s Residence, but the police blocked them because they did not approve the march and arrested one of the demonstrators on suspicion of disturbing the peace.

Protesters are carrying signs that read “Disconnected [politicians], you don’t care” and “uniting against the disconnected.”

A parallel protest was held near Netanyahu’s private home in Caesarea for the fourth week in a row. Several hundred protesters carried signs that read “When will we make peace among ourselves? Stop the incitement”, “Corruption kills,” and “We shall know better days.” Protesters also hung a massive black banner with the word “Liar” written on it in white letters.

Another 50,000 Israelis gathered at bridges and major intersections across Israel for the eighth consecutive week.

A Hadera resident was detained for questioning on suspicion of throwing explosives at protesters, the Police Spokesperson said. Protesters in Hadera said that an unknown person threw an explosive at a vehicle traveling near them. According to one of the protesters, the driver passed between the protesters with his vehicle while they were demonstrating and asked if they were “right-wing or left-wing,” and at one point threw an explosive device and fled the scene. The police have not confirmed the incident.

Michal, Assaf and Nitzan came to Caesarea from Tel Aviv to attend the protest. “The deal with the UAE won’t keep people at home or keep them from protesting. It’s nice, but he’s not fit to be prime minister,” Nitzan said. Assaf added, “Netanyahu has proved that he’s unfit to be a leader in the moral sense, and he hasn’t succeeded in handling the crisis. Enough. Go home.”

At the Jerusalem protest, about twenty doctors in uniforms stood under a sign that read, “In the morning we fight the coronavirus, in the evening we fight corruption.”

One of the doctors, Yishai Kelly, said that “If a prime minister between the first and second waves is busy with his own tax benefits and trying to disrupt the legal proceedings against him then it is clear that his head and his time aren’t invested in preparing the state for the second wave” of the coronavirus.

The Black Flag movement, which has had a major hand in organizing the protests across Israel said “While the prime minister is busy arranging flights for himself to pools in Abu Dhabi, the nation is collapsing from failed management of the economic-health crisis. Not flights to the Gulf – jobs – in Israel! That’s what we demand!” The organization added, “The [man who is] accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust that is busy from morning to night with his trial and his incitement is unfit to manage the state of Israel. We don’t want an election; we want a functioning prime minister.”

The Crime Minister movement said “Thousands are surging here this week to make clear to the corrupt man at Balfour – even world peace won’t help you. A million unemployed and self-employed people [whose businesses] went under demand to [be able to pay] their monthly bills with dignity and a functioning government led by someone who isn’t corrupt.”

Last Saturday, more than 10,000 protesters gathered outside Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem to peacefully protest. Meanwhile, thousands more protested across the country.

Police in Jerusalem attempted to bring the demonstration to an end shortly after midnight by airing an announcement over loudspeakers. Police started evacuating protesters from the area around the residence around half an hour later.

The ongoing protests against the prime minister have sparked tensions between demonstrates and the police, with clashes taking place at many protests. Right-wing Netanyahu supporters have engaged in violence against anti-Netanyahu protesters, as the protests look unlikely to cease.

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Noga Tarnopolsky
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8:08 PM · 8 août 2020

at The Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem
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Noga Tarnopolsky
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8:32 PM · 8 août 2020
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« Justice for Salomon, justice for Iyad ! »

15,000 Black Flag protesters surrounding Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem

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Charles Enderlin
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9:27 PM · 8 août 2020
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Deux militants.. 2... scandent à l’entrée de la manif : gauchistes traîtres Ils sont gardés par quelques policiers et des responsables de la manif pour que personne ne réagisse à la provocation

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9:55 PM · 8 août 2020

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Twelve anti-Netanyahu protesters arrested at thousands-strong rally outside PM’s residence
Nir Hasson, Josh Breiner, Bar Peleg, Noa Shpigel, Hagar Shezaf | Aug. 2, 2020 | 8:15 AM | Haaretz.com
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Police arrested 12 people as thousands gathered Saturday evening outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem, his private home in Caesarea and junctions throughout the country in the latest wave of protests calling for his resignation.

Some 10,000 people protested near the prime minister’s official residence in Jerusalem and began marching toward the city center.

The protest and march were approved by the Israel Police, saying they will not tolerate any disturbances of the public order. Last week, five protesters were injured after being attacked by far-right counter demonstrators.

The police have also been accused of using excessive force against peaceful protesters, deploying riot control units in large numbers, as well as undercover officers, mounted units and water cannons.

The protest went on until after midnight, with several clashes erupting at around 1:30 A.M. after police forcibly removed protesters who remained in the area. A group of anti-government protesters refused to clear the area, chanting “An entire generation demands a future,” while sitting on the ground.

Hundreds also gathered outside Netanyahu’s private residence in Caesarea, under heavy police presence. One protester, a resident of the luxurious suburban town, called on Netanyahu to “Stay in Caesarea, we’d love to have you here. But you must vacate the official residence in Balfour.”

Former Knesset member for the Zionist Union Yael Cohen Paran was present at the protest in Caesarea. “This week we have seen incitement, incitement against organizers of the Crime Minister movement ... This, of all things, has brought everyone out of their houses, out of their indifference.” Paran added, “The people sitting in the Knesset don’t care. I was there. This is a disconnected government, they care only about themselves and need to go home. Our camp needs to renew itself, elections are coming soon.”

Across the country, thousands of activists representing the anti-corruption “Black Flag” movement congregated on some 260 of the country’s largest bridges and junctions for the sixth consecutive Saturday. Large police forces were deployed at all protest sites. Four men were detained near the southern towns of Ashkelon and Sderot for harassing and spitting on demonstrators. One was detained after throwing a stone at protesters in Haifa. Protesters in Tel Aviv said they were pepper sprayed by two people on a motorcycle.

Police have opened an investigation into reports of a car attempting to ram into protesters at a junction in Rehovot. According to two eyewitnesses, two women with a child in the back seat drove up on the sidewalk, turned around and attempted to ram into people again. “She cursed us, calling us loser leftists and threw bottles at as. She had a look of hatred in her eyes,” Ehud Geiger, who was protesting at the intersection said. “She can’t say she just drifted out of her lane, she had two tires up on the sidewalk."

Dana Miles, an activist for the the left-wing NGO Peace Now, said that Israelis must stand up against incitement. “This government-endorsed incitement terrifies me as someone who grew up here and knows exactly what it could lead to. It is our responsibility to stop a leadership that defends violence on the streets.”

Gali Shorer from Kibbutz Shefayim told Haaretz that this is her first time attending an anti-Netanyahu protest. “Suddenly it hit me in the gut: Where are we going? What kind of reality are my kids growing up to? I don’t know where this will lead, but I’m hoping that something different can happen here.”

Meanwhile, hundreds of protesters gathered at Charles Clore Park in Tel Aviv to protest the government’s failure to manage the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis. Despite the police having only permitted a protest at the park, several dozens began marching through the city.

Yafa Ben Porat, 83, said this was her first time protesting "because all week I’ve been hurting over what the Knesset and lawmakers were doing. They’re liars, they’re frauds, Bibi [Netanyahu] has an empire in Caesarea, everyone needs to get up and join the protest ... We should be getting the money, not the parasites.”

Ronit, who lives in central Israel, brought her daughter and other relatives with her to the protest. She said: “I’ve brought the next generation with me to make sure that our rights are preserved also for the next generation. They should have a government that serves them and not the other way around.”

Dozens of people associated with Sheffi Paz, a far-right, anti-asylum seekers activist, arrived at the private residence of Supreme Court President Esther Hayut. They protested the High Court’s refusal to forbid the protests surrounding Netanyahu’s official residence following a petition by some the area’s residents.

Sheffi Paz was later arrested for allegedly spray-painting graffiti on near Hayut’s house.

Police Jerusalem District commander Doron Yedid left the protest after it became known that Jerusalem Affairs Minister Rafi Peretz tested positive for the coronaviorus. The two had met last week.

The Jerusalem protests have been taking place regularly for over a month near the prime minister’s residence, which has become the epicenter of the protest movement.

On Thursday, 14 members of the so-called La Familia, an extremist organization of fans of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer team, were arrested at an anti-Netanyahu protest on suspicion of attacking demonstrators. The detainees were released on Friday morning.

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nir hasson
@nirhasson
מאות על קינג ג’ורג’. "צדק לסלומון, צדק לאיאד". בכיכר עדיין אלפים רבים.
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(Des centaines sur le roi George. « Justice pour Salomon, justice pour Iyad ». Il y en a encore plusieurs milliers sur la place.)

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Guy Ben-Aharon
@gbenaharon
"Iyad is everyone’s child" #BibiGoHome #jerusalem #ביביתתפטר #protest #justiceforiyad
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"Iyad est l’enfant de tous" #BibiGoHome#jerusalem#ביביתתפטר#protest#justiceforiyad
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Ayman Odeh
@AyOdeh
לקחתי הפסקה של שעה מחגיגות חג הקורבן כדי להפגין בבלפור. להעיף את נתניהו ואת הדרך הגזענית ומושחתת שהוא מייצג זה הצעד הראשון בתיקון העמוק שנדרש פה.
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(J’ai pris une heure sur les célébrations de la Fête de l’Aïd pour manifester à Balfour. Renverser Netanyahu et la voie raciste et corrompue qu’il représente est la première étape du profond changement requis ici.)

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« Nous ne sommes plus parias » : Les militants anti-occupation trouvent leur place dans les manifestations israéliennes
Par Oren Ziv, le 30 juillet 2020 | Traduction : GD pour l’Agence Média Palestine

Source : +972 Magazine | Agence Media Palestine
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Pendant des années, la gauche a essayé d’insérer ses messages dans les principales manifestations israéliennes, mais elle a été rejetée. Aujourd’hui, les manifestations anti-Nétanyahou sont très différentes.

La présence croissante de manifestants israéliens contre l’occupation a été l’un des aspects les plus notables de la vague de manifestations qui a débuté le 14 juillet devant la résidence du Premier ministre, rue Balfour, à Jérusalem. Ce bloc de manifestants a notamment réclamé justice pour Iyad al-Hallaq, un Palestinien autiste que la police israélienne a abattu dans la vieille ville de Jérusalem à la fin du mois de mai.

Le bloc anti-occupation, composé de plusieurs centaines de manifestants, n’est pas en marge des manifestations. Samedi soir dernier, par exemple, il a été possible de les entendre chanter « Justice pour Iyad » à la résidence du Premier ministre, alors même que la police anti-émeute israélienne dispersait la foule avec force.

Contrairement aux innombrables cas de ces dix dernières années, où les manifestants de gauche ont tenté d’insérer des messages radicaux dans les principales manifestations et ont été confrontés au rejet ou à la violence, cette fois-ci, la réaction a été très différente. (...)

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