Shop owners at Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda protest continued closure of markets

Shop owners in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market are protesting the continued closure of open air markets, despite many other businesses being allowed to reopen today.

A scuffle breaks out between police officers and store owners, one of whom is arrested.

Despite the prohibition on the opening of markets, numerous shops in Mahane Yehuda have been open in recent weeks.

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