Netanyahu doesn't get it: Protest swept tens of thousands all over Israel - about 40 were arrested

Protest against the government and its leader Benjamin Netanyahu swept tens of thousands across the country last night (Saturday). Severe clashes developed in Tel Aviv, during which cavalry and policemen on motorcycles were used. Police arrested 38 protesters claiming that it B"mfiri order and those who attacked the police. " The protesters, on the other hand, claimed that the police had used excessive force. Hundreds of reports were recorded for the demonstrators, and several of them were lightly injured - including Tel Aviv-Yafo Mayor Ron Huldai - who was hit by a police officer and bled. A policewoman was slightly injured.
The restrictions on the demonstrations achieved the opposite effect, with earlier many going out to hundreds of hotspots near their homes, and an estimated 130,000 protest organizers demonstrated. The police claimed that the demonstrators in Tel Aviv "did not engage the emergency regulations and endangering public health.

Restrictions on demonstrations only encouraged protesters and the number of targeted demonstrations increased by tens of percent. Thousands of people came to hundreds of centers across the country on Saturday night against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and government corruption. During several of the various protest events, clashes broke out between the protesters and the police forces.
 Some of the demonstrators in Tel Aviv went out in processions on several streets, blocking major arteries in the city. About 12 demonstrators were arrested in Tel Aviv for violating restrictions and public order, and three more demonstrators were arrested during a demonstration in front of Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi's home in Kfar Saba.

The Black Flags Organization called on Ministers Yizhar Shai and Orit Farkash-Hacohen to "show national responsibility and resign from the Netanyahu government." They added that "we are in a fateful and historic moment, over 1,000 demonstrations with tens of thousands of participants, are no longer willing to accept the situation that the defendant is dragging us into. ".
In Rabin Square, where a relatively large demonstration is taking place with the participation of about a thousand demonstrators, the protesters usually try to keep their distance from each other. Police said officers operating in the area spotted a woman is supposed to be in isolation, and came to the demonstration. A report was written to her and she was returned to her home. Several dozen policemen were stationed in the square, questioning the protesters and checking IDs. Police said they defined the crowd as not in accordance with the health order, but the crowd responded indifferently.
During a demonstration in the Colonies Square in the south of the city, the police dispersed the protesters for violating the crowd's instructions. Clashes also broke out in Habima Square and some of the protesters were even arrested for violating corona guidelines, riots, breaking police blocks in the area and holding a procession while blocking traffic lanes.
During a demonstration held near the house of Foreign Minister Ashkenazi in Kfar Saba, the demonstrators began to deviate from the police regulations regarding the conditions of the demonstration near the private homes of elected officials and public employees and the health regulations. Three of the protesters were arrested, after the police announced to the participants in the demonstration, demanding that they disperse and leave the place.
The demonstrators gathered in many centers around the country, as part of the protest organizations' initiative to adhere to the provisions of social distance and to hold the protest in accordance with the restrictions imposed on gatherings in the public space. Attendance at tonight's demonstrations is higher than on previous protest nights.
Protesters in Ramat Hachayal in Tel Aviv reported that one of the demonstrators was attacked, but for now no direct connection to the protest has been found and it is possible that this is a conflict that developed against a different background. In Dizengoff Square in the city, where about 300 people are protesting, a young man was arrested on suspicion of attacking demonstrators. Ichilov Hospital also reported that two demonstrators came to them with minor injuries, but the circumstances of their injury are unclear.
Advocate Yaron Haim of the "Revolution 2020" group said that he would be questioned by police during the demonstration. I tell the police: Go to the criminal defendant, go to the top criminal. "
In Pardes Hanna, demonstrators claimed that unknown individuals stopped their vehicle near a demonstration held on Derech Hanadiv in the locality, got off it, attacked a demonstrator and spat at another demonstrator. In another incident that took place in the Strawberry Square in the locality, the hand of one of the demonstrators was broken, in a quarrel that developed with young people who came to the place. The wounded man sought medical treatment, and police detained for questioning a suspect in the attack on the protester a few hours later.
According to the demonstrators, glass bottles were thrown from a balcony at demonstrators in Ramat Gan, an 81-year-old woman was knocked down on the sidewalk and an activist was injured by a kick and a punch in the Kiryat Yuval neighborhood of Jerusalem and a glass bottle was thrown at demonstrators near Mediatech in Holon. In Haifa, demonstrators reported that a firework was thrown at a protest in the Hadar neighborhood of the city.
The chairman of the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee, MK Miki Haimovich (blue and white), came to the demonstration in Tel Aviv after requests from demonstrators for a forbidden incarceration against them and police violence. "Tonight, too, I received many requests from demonstrators about violence being used against them and their incarceration in a compound without the ability to leave. I came to the area to see things, and I am very worried," Haimovich said. "I tried to talk to the event commanders on the ground to prevent violence, but unfortunately without success."
She added that "the police used unreasonable force tonight and it seems that almost every action taken, heated the spirits." "At the beginning of the incident, things still seemed to be under control, but after the police brought cavalry into the demonstration, more and more demonstrators began to flow from distant demonstration centers to Habima Square, where everything got out of hand." She noted that she had invited the acting commissioner to a hearing in the Interior Committee, adding: "I ask the protesters to be the responsible party, and not to come to the area."
Blue and white chairman and Defense Minister Bnei Gantz condemned on Twitter the incidents of violence that took place tonight during the demonstrations. He wrote that “the attack on the demonstrators tonight and in recent days is unacceptable. The demonstrations that take place according to the guidelines are a legitimate and vital thing in a democracy. "He called on the police to act to" get their hands on the attackers and bring them to justice. "
Gantz added that "the violence we have seen in recent days against demonstrators, against police, against intolerable media people. We will defeat the epidemic only together, in solidarity, patience and tolerance for the other."
The "No Situation" organization said in response to the violent incidents that it was reported that "the wild incitement of the prime minister and some of the government ministers in front of the demonstrators is giving its signals, and tonight there are already cases of harm to the demonstrators." The organization added that "we call and ask everyone to treat each other with respect. Do not let Bibi's incitement destroy our wonderful people and our excellent country."