Dueling groups of protesters, each about 100-strong, rally on either side of the entrance to the Tel Aviv District Court as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins to testify in his corruption trial.
Police separate Netanyahu’s supporters and detractors, who largely drown each other out in a din of competing chants.
Coalition lawmakers and ministers, who arrive to show support for Netanyahu, shake hands and take selfies with the premier’s loyalists.
Relatives of hostages stand in front of the courthouse. Maayan Sherman, mother of slain captive soldier Ron Sherman, holds a picture of her son, on which she wrote: “Kidnapped because of Netanyahu. Murdered by Netanyahu.”
Across the street, mounted police officers stand at the ready, in case chaos breaks out.
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