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Saturday, April 11, 2026
Protesters against government and Iran war gather under heavy police presence in Tel Aviv
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Hundreds of anti-government protesters rally at Tel Aviv’s Habima Square with several dozen police officers on hand, after cops arrested dozens of people at previous weekend demonstrations, citing security restrictions due to the war in Iran.
The Supreme Court has set the cap for this week’s protest at 1,000 people.
About a dozen Border Police vans are parked near the square’s southern end and police have also taken over a small mound overlooking the protest.
The protesters themselves hail from both left-wing groups opposed to the Iran war and from other protest organizations railing against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s alleged corruption and his government’s bid to overhaul the judiciary and exempt ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students from military service.
Protesters wearing orange jumpsuits and Grim Reaper outfits dance around a mock cauldron with a sign over it reading “Death Eaters,” the Harry Potter villains whose name is sometimes used by critics of the government to refer to its supporters.
The protesters chant against the “forever war” and also: “Under cover of the war they’re carrying on the overhaul.”
Protesters in Tel Aviv wearing masks of members of the coalition dance around a mock cauldron with the words 'Death Eaters' written over it pic.twitter.com/FhnuZHAOAh
— Noam Lehmann (@noamlehmann) April 11, 2026
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