Police arrest 4 during anti-government rallies in Jerusalem, including counterprotester

By Charlie Summers

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19 March 2025, 5:14 pm

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Anti-government protesters clash with police in Jerusalem, March 19, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Police say they have arrested four people during ongoing anti-government protests in Jerusalem today, including one armed counterprotester who threatened to harm demonstrators.

“Over the course of the protest, dozens of its participants began to disrupt public order,” a law enforcement spokesman says, adding that many attempted to break through crowd control barriers. The statement adds that some protesters also used their cars to block off main streets in the capital without police authorization.

The spokesman calls this “a blatant violation of the protest conditions agreed upon in advance between protesters and Israel Police in recent days,” and notes that police are working to tow the vehicles.