At least 12 people have been arrested this Wednesday by the security forces in Jerusalem in the framework of multitude demonstrations against the government of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for the situation in the Gaza Strip.
The Israel police have reported on social networks that detainees are suspicious due to public order alteration positions after causing fires in the street. Security forces have been forced to disperse protesters with water cannons.
The protesters have concentrated to protest the government’s plans to dismiss the head of the Shin Bet, Ronen Bar, and to demand a return to the high fire in Gaza that allows to free the hostages that still remain kidnapped in the Palestinian enclave, according to ‘The Times of Israel’.
The demonstration, which has begun peacefully around the Israeli Parliament, has been supported by the main opposition leader, Yair Lapid, who has surrounded hundreds of supporters after qualifying the government as “illegitimate” in a video published on social networks.
A group of protesters has made a peaceful sitting and has cut traffic in both senses, although the spirits have begun to heat when several individuals have tried to break the police cordon to access Netyahu’s home and have even used vehicles to mount barricades in the streets in order to hinder the work of the police.
Another tense moment occurred when the leader of the opponent National Unity, Benny Gantz, has come to the march. A protester has incredible to the shout of “traitor”, although security forces have prevented man from approaching the politician.
After the incident, Gantz has highlighted on social networks has cataloged “Israeli patriots” to peaceful protesters who have received “with sympathy” against “a non -representative handful of fans who hate Netanyahu more than they love the country.”
“These are people who are not ashamed to call me ‘traitor’, that I risked my life for the country carrying uniform for decades and that I have been fighting in the political arena for six years,” said the opponent.
Gantz’s game joined the War Cabinet led by Netanyahu after the October 7 attacks perpetrated by the Palestinian militias, although he announced his departure to a clear lack of clear strategy to end the offensive in Gaza.
A taxi driver overwhelms a protester
Later, a taxi driver has hit a protester in an incident that witnesses say he has been intentional. The leader of the Democrats, Yair Golan, has directly blamed the Netanyahu government and has cataloged the “attack” outrage.
“Violence against patriotic protesters is the direct result of hatred, lies and incitement that emanate directly from the Israeli government,” he said on social networks, adding that “responsibility” falls to the government.
A deputy of this same party, Gilad Kariv, has been shaken by security forces. “This is how a dictatorship is seen in action. Thus a government is seen that fears its citizens and uses brute force even against deputies, trampling its immunity,” said the progressive political formation in the social network X.
