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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Protesters demand new elections chain themselves together outside Knesset
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Dozens of protesters block entrances to the Knesset, chaining themselves together while calling for early elections.
Members of the Yasam riot police unit are deployed as protesters unsuccessfully attempt to storm the back gates of the compound.
כמה שוטרים ראשונים הגיעו לנקודת החסימה, חלק מהמפגינים קשרו עצמם בשרשרת ברזל עבה pic.twitter.com/wMBybl3NeG
— Bar Peleg (@bar_peleg) March 20, 2024
Inside the Knesset, protesters hand out “dismissal letters” to coalition lawmakers, including Likud MK Yuli Edelstein, who tells the uncle of a terror victim to “get out of my sight” after being handed one of the letters. Relatives of the hostages also handed out traditional Purim food baskets known as mishloah manot to lawmakers. However, instead of holiday treats they contain moldy pita bread and olives to emulate the food provided to the hostages by their Hamas captors in Gaza.
משפחות חטופים ניסו לתת לחברי הכנסת משלוח מנות עם חצי פיתה עבשה ושני זיתים אבל לא כולם הסכימו להתייחס ולקחת. בין המסרבים – דיכטר, דנון וביטן. pic.twitter.com/97EKYz3sC5
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