Dozens protest for hostage deal outside minister’s home; police forcibly remove demonstrators

Dozens of protesters calling for a hostage deal are gathered outside the home of Education Minister Yoav Kisch, a day after three demonstrators were detained at a rally outside the Likud lawmaker’s residence.

Video shows police forcibly removing protesters from the area.

According to the Ynet news site, one officer yelled at the protesters that they are “lawbreakers who refuse to leave.”

In a statement, the protesters tell the outlet that “Kisch is personally responsible for the political arrests. He is not only removing democracy from the high school curriculum, but he is sending the Israel Police to arrest demonstrators who are exercising their democratic right to protest.”

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