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One arrested as mounted officers join police effort to clear Ayalon Highway
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
Mounted police officers try to clear anti-government protesters from the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, March 16, 2023. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)
Mounted officers begin to corral protesters who broke on Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway, as traffic stands still behind them.
Protesters chant “we’re not afraid” and “democracy.”
The police open a lane to let cars pass by protesters, after being trapped for over half an hour.
As a protester is taken into custody, the crowd rushes toward police.
Police also get into a pushing match with independent journalist and activist Orly Barlev, who films the officers trying to remove a woman seated in the middle of the highway.
