An anti-government protester is freed from custody after police arrested him at a demonstration last night for passing out phallic keychains dubbing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “dicktator.”
The 3D-printed keychain depicts Netanyahu’s face atop a penis with the words, “Bibi #1 Dicktator.”
Police held the protester until midnight and sought to bar him for 45 days from Paris Square, where the protest was held. A police representative who appeared in court this morning accused the man of sexual harassment, arguing he distributed some of these keychains to minors, according to Yoni Nussbaum, the detained protester’s lawyer.
At the hearing, the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court partially granted the police’s request, allowing the man’s release on the conditions that he does not set foot in Paris Square until June 7 or participate in an unlawful gathering until June 21.
Nussbaum plans to appeal his client’s release conditions in the Jerusalem District Court. He claims that the demonstrator has been distributing the keychains for three months without any complaint from other protesters, including yesterday.
Phallic keychains depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that were distributed by a protester during an anti-government demonstration in Jerusalem, leading to his arrest by police on May 16, 2026. (Protest Detainee Legal Support Front)
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