Anti-gov’t protest leaders receive calls from Shin Bet urging them to ensure rallies don’t cross the line

2 May 2024, 10:31 pm

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Demonstrators protest for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, following the release of a video by Hamas of Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, April 24, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Agents in the Shin Bet security service made a series of phone calls in recent days to leaders of the anti-government protest movement urging them to ensure that their demonstrations don’t cross the line days after a rally outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Jerusalem home led to scuffles with police, Channel 12.

The Shin Bet does not deny the report saying it regularly holds conversations with “various parties designed to preserve the boundaries of legitimate discourse, reduce risks to security forces and to prevent unintentional harm to demonstrators.”