Jerusalem police arrest 5 protesters, 1 person who pepper-sprayed them

Jerusalem police say that following large scale protests in the city, they have arrested six people.

After the weekly anti-government protests, most demonstrators dispersed, however, several hundred began marching through the city without permission, police say.

Five of them were arrested for disturbing the peace.

Also, police arrested a 19-year-old Jerusalem man for pepper-spraying protesters.

Israeli police officers detain an anti-Netanyahu demonstrator during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem, on November 7, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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