From the Liveblog of
Monday, May 20, 2024
Slow-moving protest convoy headed for Knesset arrives at Jerusalem city entrance
Hundreds of anti-government protesters are entering Jerusalem by car in the final haul of a slow-moving convoy to the city, one of many demonstrations planned for today as the Knesset reconvenes for its summer session after a controversial six-week recess.
Convening from all across Israel, drivers began their sluggish journey this morning. Participants in the convoy are flying Israeli flags and yellow ribbons, symbolizing hostages held by terrorists in Gaza since October 7, from their vehicles.
“This is the time for those who feel that the country must be saved to stand up and make this move,” says Shikma Bressler, one of the most visible and articulate leaders of the nationwide protest movement against the government’s judicial overhaul plans last year and an organizer with the Black Flag protest movement, in a filmed statement.
Many truckers and other drivers who happen to share the road with the anti-government demonstrators are honking their horns at the protesters as the entrance to Jerusalem becomes increasingly congested.
Later this evening, the protesters will join a number of hostage families outside the Knesset in a mass rally that will spotlight a number of speakers including Ayala Metzger, the daughter-in-law of Hamas captive Yoram Metzger.
????The convoy on its way to Jerusalem
(Amos Gil) pic.twitter.com/vssCxACXgO— Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي (@NTarnopolsky) May 20, 2024
