Thousands of protesters take to Tel Aviv’s boardwalk to demand social justice
Saturday’s event marks the one-year anniversary of the first tent set up on Rothschild Boulevard last summer
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis gathered at Kikar Hamedina on September 3, 2011 to demand social justice. It was the biggest demonstration in Israel's history. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Thousands of Israelis are set to march down Tel Aviv’s famed boardwalk Saturday evening to demand social justice and mark the one-year anniversary of the first protest tent pitched on the city’s Rothschild Boulevard last summer.
A Facebook page called the demonstration “March of the Million,” and the event had over 100,000 confirmed attendees as of Saturday afternoon. Several major roads throughout Tel Aviv will be closed to traffic starting at 7 PM.
Additional demonstrations are expected in Jerusalem, Beersheba, Haifa and the northern Israeli city of Afula, reported Israel Radio.
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