Clashes broke out on Friday between police and protesters; MP Simcha Rothman protagonist of an incident in New York with protesters
The protests against the Netanyahu government’s judicial reform plan are entering their 22nd week, as several incidents have already taken place this week between protesters and law enforcement. 17 people were arrested and several injured were reported on Friday night as a group of around 250 people demonstrated outside the prime minister’s private residence in Caesarea. A new demonstration started in the same place about Saturday late afternoon, according to our colleagues from Times of Israel.
Police said hundreds of people took part in an “illegal gathering” on Friday evening opposite the Prime Minister’s residence, refusing orders issued by officers to disperse. The demonstrators also reportedly “attacked police officers with punches and objects”. The police confiscated some of the equipment and tried to evacuate the protesters by force.
“The police act with mad violence, they broke someone’s nose and tried by all means to evacuate the demonstrators […]“, testified a demonstrator on Channel 12. “We call on everyone to come to Kaplan on Saturday to demonstrate against the dictatorial coup attempt,” he said.
According to the organizers, some 250 people were gathered in front of the second home of the Prime Minister. Police also arrested 14 other protesters who had gathered outside the Hadera police station, organizers said.
Another incident also took place thousands of miles from Israel, in the heart of New York, between Israeli protesters opposed to judicial reform and Knesset member Simcha Rothman.
New York: filing of a complaint against the deputy Simcha Rothman
A complaint for “harassment” was filed this Saturday in a New York police station against Simcha Rothman. The member of the Religious Zionism party is traveling to New York to participate in the Celebrate Israel parade, scheduled for this Sunday. According to social media accounts and videos of the incident, the deputy was walking down the street at 340 Maddison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan on Friday night when he was stopped by what appears to be Israeli protesters against judicial reform. Visibly pissed off, the MP later snatched the megaphone from one of the protesters. Rothman is one of the key figures in the highly controversial judicial reform bill.
2023-06-03 16:34:44
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