12 arrested in Jerusalem anti-government protest; left-wing MK manhandled by cops

19 March 2025, 11:36 pm

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Police use a water cannon against anti-government protesters in Jerusalem, March 19, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Police say they have arrested 12 people during fiery anti-government protests in Jerusalem.

The force adds that the detainees are suspected of disrupting public order — including by lighting a bonfire on a road — and threatening or assaulting police and a civilian.

Meanwhile, footage shows The Democrats MK Gilad Kariv being forcibly shoved away by cops, on the capital’s Azza Road.

שוטרים דוחפים את חבר הכנסת גלעד קריב, עכשיו ברחוב עזה. pic.twitter.com/dH7W1fWv4A

— نير حسون Nir Hasson ניר חסון (@nirhasson) March 19, 2025

The left-wing opposition party decries this as “crossing a red line.”

“This is what a dictatorship looks like,” it says in a tweet. “This isn’t law enforcement. This is trampling of democracy. We won’t shut up and won’t give in.”