At least 100 protesters leave Shaul Hamelech Boulevard in the direction of the Ayalon Highway, but organizers of the official protest send someone to talk to the breakaway group, to convince them to come back and abandon the idea of walking to the highway.
“Do you want there to be arrests?” one of the protesters asks the breakaway group. “We didn’t come here to be violent. There’s no point. There’s no point.”
There’s some infighting amongst the protesters, although police officers in riot gear are just spectators at this point.
The officers are not letting anyone past them, but they are also not moving them away from Shaul Hamelech Boulevard.
Eventually, the splinter group is convinced to abandon the idea of walking to the Ayalon Highway. Police are moving the stragglers away and reopening Shaul Hamelech to traffic.
— Judah Ari Gross
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