Police, anti-government demonstrators clash on Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway

20 May 2024, 8:27 am Edit

Members of the Brothers in Arms group protest against the government on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway on May 20, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Police and anti-government demonstrators clash near the Sha’ar Hagai Junction on the main Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway.

Demonstrators from the Brothers in Arms group try to block the highway and are dispersed by police. The group says 10 members were detained.

They are calling on the government to resign and call elections, citing the failures to bring home the hostages captured by Hamas on October 7 and the fate of tens of thousands of residents of the north and south who remain evacuated from their homes.

Several groups are heading to Jerusalem to demonstrate outside the Knesset as it resumes today, while other protests are planned across the country.