Protest organizers call on authorities to let rally continue all night

1 August 2020, 11:40 pm

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The Black Flag organization behind the anti-government protests have called on authorities to enable the demonstrations in Jerusalem to continue throughout the night, Hebrew-language media reports.

“We are in an unprecedented event,” the group says in a statement. “The tens of thousands who flooded the capital tonight are not willing to accept the situation where a criminal defendant is crushing the dream upon which this country was established.

“Hundreds of thousands of unemployed, a whole generation crushed because the defendant is dealing with his own trial,” it adds. “We will return week after week, until the corrupt [leader] resigns.”