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Thursday, April 10, 2025
7 arrested during Jerusalem protest denouncing the war in Gaza
Police arrest seven demonstrators at a small anti-war protest in Jerusalem earlier tonight, in Paris Square near the prime minister’s residence.
The left-wing protesters amounted to several dozen and did not appear to have blocked roads to traffic, but police made arrests regardless, confiscating signs bearing controversial slogans.
Participants held banners in Hebrew, English and Arabic demanding an end to Israel’s ongoing Gaza offensive and calling on Israelis to refuse IDF service.
In a clip posted to social media, a protester in a Pikachu costume — a viral symbol of the anti-Erdogan protests in Turkey last month — is seen holding a banner that reads “stop the massacre,” before a plainclothes officer tears it away.
Werever there's fascism thete's resistance. Wherever there's resistance, there's pikatchu pic.twitter.com/f3yNE6NlKl
— Free Jerusalem (@FreeJerusalem1) April 9, 2025
Another woman, who is circling around the plaza with a sign saying “refuse,” is tackled to the ground by several cops.
— نير حسون Nir Hasson ניר חסון (@nirhasson) April 9, 2025
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