Thursday, July 6, 2023

Former PM: 'We will not stop, the protest will win'

Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, one of the leaders of the protests against the government, stated that the protests could and will intensify if the "reasonableness clause" of Israel's judicial system is reduced.

Regarding Wednesday night's demonstrations in Tel Aviv, he said: "A volcano erupted following Ami Eshed's speech, which said that his dismissal was political, and that the majority wanted blood and broken heads," Barak wrote.

He clarified: "The protest has risen a notch and will intensify next week if they reduce the reasonableness clause. The peak is still ahead of us. There will be ups and downs, but even the skeptics and some of the opponents understand today, this protest will not stop! This protest will win!"

On Thursday morning, all the suspects who were arrested Wednesday for disorderly conduct at the demonstration that took place on the Ayalon roads were released, among them the suspect who sped towards the demonstrators and hit one of them.

The demonstration was attended by thousands of people, some of whom lit bonfires and blocked the Ayalon Highway with stones.

After about three hours, police pumper trucks and cavalry were brought into the area of ​​the road in an attempt to evacuate the protestors and open the road. The person in command of the demonstration was Ami Eshed's deputy, David Pilo.

At the end of four hours, the police managed to remove all the protesters from Ayalon. During the dispersal of the demonstrators, one of them hit a policeman in the head with a helmet.

The police said that two protesters were arrested during the evacuation after they attacked police officers with helmets and fists.