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| Police clash with protestors during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem July 18, 2020 © REUTERS/ Ammar Awad |
Scuffles have broken out between police and protesters who took to the Israeli streets on Sunday, including to PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem, demanding he resign and lambasting his coronavirus response.
Police used water cannon and mounted units to disperse crowds in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as thousands of protesters demanded Netanyahu’s resignation over corruption charges, as well as demonstrating against the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
גם בירושלים, גם בתל אביב, זה הולך להיות קיץ ארוך וחם. מאות מפגינים נצורים בכיכר הבימה. המפגינים ישבו על הרצפה ולא נתנו לשוטרים לפנות אותם pic.twitter.com/Uzq1t0cLff— Bar Peleg (@bar_peleg) July 18, 2020
Thousands protesting against govt policies & handling of economic crisis in #Jerusalem. Arrests were made as protesters faced police water houses outside Prime Minister @netanyahu residence. @i24NEWS_EN pic.twitter.com/hmZCFpGkMD— Daniel Tsemach (@DanielTsemach) July 18, 2020
A big crowd marched to Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem for the fourth time this week.המשטרה מנסה לפזר את המפגינים שצועדים על רחוב בצלאל. הצועדים שינו כיוון, וכעת שוב הולכים לכיוון מרכז העיר@moyshis pic.twitter.com/ISXCkezRyG— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) July 18, 2020
ההפגנה מול מעון ראש הממשלה | קבוצה של מפגינים ירדה מכיכר פריז, שכבר נפתחה לתנועה, לכיוון גן הפעמון, אולם מרבית המפגינים כבר עזבו את ההפגנה. למרות האמוציות, הסדר נשמר והערב עובר עד כה ללא אירועים מיוחדים@moyshis #חדשותהשבת pic.twitter.com/Nmo3kcWQtw— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) July 18, 2020
המפגינים איגפו את בלפור והגיעו לכניסה השנייה מרחוב סמולינקין. pic.twitter.com/biFuOxHTLU— nir hasson (@nirhasson) July 18, 2020
The latest protests against Netanyahu came the day before the second hearing in his trial on charges of fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes.
Raw video of protesters marching through the streets of western Jerusalem on Saturday night after Shabbat, including police using a water cannon. pic.twitter.com/O8CLmDuoCx— Joshua Robbin Marks (@JoshMarks78) July 18, 2020
The government on Friday announced new restrictions over Covid-19, which has taken a heavy economic toll on the country.
Protesters argued that instead of taking action to avoid a second wave of the disease, the Israeli leader had been more preoccupied with his own legal woes.
“Instead of planning a fight against the justice system, you should have been planning to fight against unemployment,” one of the speakers at the anti-government rally in Tel Aviv’s Charles Clore Park said, as cited by the Jerusalem Post.
Police arrested some protesters in Tel Aviv, where demonstrators blocked roads and threw objects at officers. At least one officer was allegedly pepper-sprayed.
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