Here we go again: back at Balfour with thousands of protestors demonstrating against the Netanyahu-led government. Parallel protests taking place simultaneously in Rosh Pina, Caesarea, Mitzpe Ramon, Nazareth and Jadeidi-Makr as well as on bridges throughout the country.
Anti-occupation bloc calling for “democracy for all, from the Jordan [river] to the sea”
Protestors hold up letters spelling out “hope” in English, Hebrew, Arabic
Sign in Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic: “breaking institutionalised racism - unity of the struggles, justice for all”
Strong contingent tonight representing the Hand in Hand bilingual school network for Jews and Arabs. Their banner reads “only partnership will bring change”
Emperor Bibi
The buildings surrounding Paris Square illuminated by protest slogans
The faces of Eyad al-Hallaq and Solomon Teka, both victims of police violence, are being held aloft in front of a group of police filming the protestors
Palestinian and Ethiopians leading the leftist bloc in chants of “justice for Solomon, justice for Eyad”
A pride flag flies next to an Israeli flag and several black flags above the fountain in the centre of the square. Meanwhile, the water in the fountain had been dyed red
A pride flag flies next to an Israeli flag and several black flags above the fountain in the centre of the square. Meanwhile, the water in the fountain had been dyed red
A pride flag flies next to an Israeli flag and several black flags above the fountain in the centre of the square. Meanwhile, the water in the fountain had been dyed red
“An entire generation demands a future”
“We are the majority, we went out to the streets”
Protestors clearing up after themselves
A few more that were missed from this thread https://twitter.com/ben_reiff/status/1292206452711579648?s=21 https://twitter.com/ben_reiff/status/1292206452711579648
Border police preparing to move in; the protest has now been declared illegal
“Dalia Samudi”, a Palestinian mother killed by mistake during an IDF raid into Jenin yesterday
Police lines rearranging themselves. No obvious arrests yet; several hundred still inside the square
Police now moving in en masse
A few Bibi supporters hanging around, engaging (non-violently) with some protestors as they leave and applauding the police
And now arrests
A protestor in diving gear calling for an investigation into the “submarine affair”, one of the corruption cases against Bibi which was dropped and not included in his indictment
“Police violence since 1948; we’re eating what we cooked. End the occupation.”
Police have cleared the square; that’s it for another night
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