Police forcibly clear protesters outside PM’s residence in Jerusalem

By Charlie Summers

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29 June 2024, 11:03 pm 5 Edit

Protesters demonstrate for a hostage deal and end to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in Jerusalem's Paris Square on June 29, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)

Police are forcefully dispersing a group of protesters calling for an end to the war outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem.

“We will not abandon them,” the demonstrators chant, referring to the hostages, before police begin shoving them off of the street.

The protesters are part of a larger, thousands-strong rally against the government and for a hostage deal.

The main protest is jointly organized by Safeguarding Our Shared Home, Jerusalem’s main anti-government protest group, and the local branch of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

Police have detained multiple protesters and arrested at least one over the course of the evening.