MK, demonstrators show up at police station to demand release of arrested protesters

Protesters are rallying outside a police station in Herzliya demanding that protesters arrested at an anti-government rally in neighboring Tel Aviv hours earlier be released.

Among the protesters is Labor MK Gilad Kariv, who is seen in footage shared on social media presenting his ID card as a parliamentarian and requesting access to the station to lobby for their release.

חה"כ גלעד קריב מציג תעודת ח"כ ומבקש להכנס לתחנת המשטרה, בכדי לשוחח עם נציג מערך העצורים.ות. הרצליה, מול תחנת גלילות.
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Police said earlier they arrested five protesters for disturbing the peace and another person for attacking an officer as demonstrators moved from their rally site at Habima Square toward Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv.

Outside the Glilot police station, demonstrators use air horns and chant into megaphones demanding the protesters’ release and criticizing police for expending resources on arresting people when there are hostages in Gaza and the country is at war.

“Protesting is not a crime,” they chant.