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From the Liveblog of
Saturday, August 22, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Anti-Netanyahu protesters, police in standoff on Jerusalem’s King George St.
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThousands of anti-Netanyahu protesters are in a standoff with police on King George Street in Jerusalem. Police have ordered demonstrators to leave, but they are refusing to do so.
Police say they are enforcing noise violations and occasionally enter the crowd to confiscate drums and horns.
Without anything with which to make noise, many protesters began banging on the metal police barricade. Police responded by climbing onto the barricade and violently pushing demonstrators away.
Demonstrators chant “revolution” and “shame” at the ranks of Yassam riot police on the other side of the barricade.
— Aaron Boxerman
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