Police chief dismisses overcrowding concerns at airport; 71 arrested in today’s protests

Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai addresses a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset on June 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai addresses a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset on June 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai dismisses concerns of overcrowding in the cordoned-off protest area at Ben Gurion Airport.

“This is a misrepresentation,” he says in an interview with the Kan public broadcaster. “Whoever is complaining about overcrowding can go to the right or left.”

Meanwhile, police say that 71 people have now been arrested today during the protests, 45 of whom have been released.

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