Protest marches took place in Israel today as part of the “Day of National Paralysis” campaign, following a protest against judicial reform.
The organizers of the movement, which continues for the twelfth week in a row, stressed that the protests are spontaneous and spontaneous.
On Thursday morning, demonstrators blocked the exit from the Hashalom junction in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv, blocking traffic in both directions.
The coastal road to the south was also closed, as well as Highway 4 at the central junction of Ra’anana, central Israel, in both directions.
Clashes broke out there as the police began to forcibly disperse the demonstrators and five demonstrators were arrested.
Elsewhere, near Khakwar Khairok (east of Tel Aviv), the road was blocked and two demonstrators were arrested.
In the city of Kfar Saba in central Israel, students and parents blocked a road near the North Ra’anana junction.
Some 300 people also demonstrated at a venue called Airport City, where a conference is expected to be held with Likud MP Avi Dichter and Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat.
It comes amid an escalation in protests in what the grassroots movement’s organizers have dubbed “National Paralysis Day.”
The police called on the demonstrators blocking the road to vacate the place.
In addition, protesters are preparing today for demonstrations in a number of settlements and cities between pickets, processions and columns.
It is noteworthy that the ultra-Orthodox Knesset members are waging a united fight to approve the judicial plan, which is no less determined than the author of the plan, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, and his aide, chairman of the constitutional committee. Simcha Rothman in the Knesset.
Source: “News i24”
