Anti-judicial overhaul activist Itzik Medina, outside Petah Tikvah police station on June 26, 2023. (Brothers and Sisters in Arms)
Hundreds of anti-overhaul protesters gather outside a Petah Tikvah police station this evening, where an activist, Itzik Medina, was questioned over alleged plans to carry out violent activities.
Medina has just left the station; police say he has been free to go for some time.
Police went to Medina’s home earlier this evening, and told him they wanted to question him. According to the Brothers and Sisters in Arms protest group, the police arrived at his home at dinner time.
Police summoned Medina for questioning tomorrow, but he arrived at the station this evening of his own will, Hebrew media reports say.
Following a call from Brothers and Sisters in Arms for activists to protest at the police station, hundreds of protesters gathered, an Army Radio report says.
Anti-judicial overhaul protesters outside Petah Tikvah police station on June 26, 2023 (Brothers and Sisters in Arms)
“We warned everyone that this was coming, and now it’s here. This is a window into our future under a dictatorship. But we the people will never surrender,” says Yiftach Golov, a spokesperson for Brothers and Sisters in Arms, in response to the incident.
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