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| Man charged for throwing torches at police during anti-government protest |
| 2024-11-04 |
| [IsraelTimes] The State Attorney’s Office files an indictment against an anti-government protester who allegedly threw torches at coppers during a demonstration in Jerusalem in April, on charges of obstructing a police officer under aggravated circumstances and committing an act of recklessness and negligence. According to the indictment, Tel Aviv resident Roy Gordon …an architect by trade, he’s an Israeli Black Bloc/Antifa cadre, currently protesting about the hostages in Gaza. He’s in the Rantburg archives for showing up for a meeting at Jewish Voice for Peace’s New York City offices shortly after 10/7 for a meeting between the leaders of the anti-Bibi protesters and a bunch of rich, Progressive entrepreneurs looking to threw a burning torch at a police position during a demonstration close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private home on Azza Street in Jerusalem on April 2.The torch did not hit anyone and was extinguished by a police officer after it hit the ground. Several minutes later Gordon threw another torch, which had gone out but reignited as it flew through the air and eventually hit the horse of a mounted police officer, before being extinguished as it fell to the ground. The protest in which the incident took place generated furious response from government officials at the time, after some protesters tried to break through police lines to get closer to the prime minister’s home. Police used tough riot control methods at the time, dragging away protester Ayala Metzger, daughter-in-law of Hamas hostage Yoram, and spraying skunk spray from water cannons at others. Related: Skunk spray 04/25/2024 Police use ‘skunk,' water cannons to disperse rally for hostages, as Jerusalem protesters surround Ben Gvir Skunk spray 03/17/2023 Hezbollah harassing northern residents with lasers; IDF responds with stink bombs Skunk spray 05/16/2019 Over 60 Palestinians Wounded In Nakba Day Protests, 9 Fires Near Border Related: Ayala Metzger 08/25/2024 Protesters demand elections as hostage families seethe: ‘You could have saved them’ Ayala Metzger 05/13/2024 Police said to release 29 protesters detained at Tel Aviv rallies; 1 still in custody Ayala Metzger 03/21/2024 Calling for hostage release deal, families and supporters block Tel Aviv highway |
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