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| Anti-gov’t protesters, cops face off outside Likud HQ-turned-‘Qatar Embassy’ after dozens storm building; |
| 2025-05-29 |
| [IsraelTimes] Anti-government protesters face off with police officers, some on horseback, outside Metzudat Zeev, the Likud party headquarters in central Tel Aviv, where at least 57 activists were arrested after dozens of people stormed the building, according to a group of lawyers representing anti-government protesters pro bono. During the protest, activists projected a Qatari flag with the caption “Embassy of Qatar” in Hebrew and Arabic onto the building, which is named for Revisionist Zionist leader Zeev Jabotinsky and houses an institute that published his writings. Senior aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who leads the Likud party, are suspected of committing multiple offenses while working for a pro-Qatar lobbying firm. The Detainee Support Organization says those detained at “Metzudat Zeev Tel Aviv, turned this evening into the Qatari embassy,” have been taken to the Salame police station in the city’s south. Cops at Metzudat Zeev drag protesters from the road to the sidewalk. Some of the protesters wear orange jumpsuits and masks with Netanyahu’s face. The stench of horse droppings hangs heavy in the air, and a cloud of smoke is yet to dissipate from a fire the protesters had lit. The protesters chant “Civil rebellion” and “Ben Gvir is a terrorist,” referring to National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who oversees the police. Police say 62 arrested for clashing with officers, storming Likud HQ in Tel Aviv [IsraelTimes] Police say they arrested 62 people for violating public order and clashing with officers outside the ruling Likud party’s headquarters in Tel Aviv, where dozens of anti-government demonstrators stormed the building. A statement from police says two officers were taken for medical treatment after being wounded in the clashes, including one who broke his arm. Thousands rally across Israel to mark 600 days since Oct. 7 Hamas assault [IsraelTimes] Thousands of Israelis rally in different parts of the country to mark 600 days since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led assault, when some 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage, and to call for the return of the remaining 58 hostages. Reichman University students march the 15 kilometers from Herzliya to Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, where they join students from Tel Aviv University. Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, students and faculty at the Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus gather for a 58-minute demonstration for the 58 hostages still held captive. Hundreds of young Israelis learning in pre-army preparatory programs take part in a series of marches that depart every two hours from Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square and follow a path around the nearby Defense Ministry compound. A motorcade of dozens of cars drives from Latrun to Tel Aviv, and hundreds of people participate in the silent sit-in held by Shift 101 at Tel Aviv’s historic Bialik Square. Maccabit Meir, aunt to hostage twins Ziv Berman and Gali Berman, says that victory in Israel can’t be achieved without the return of the brothers to their mother’s arms, along with the return of the rest of the hostages. Only then can Israeli society heal, she says. “I hope you are able to remember your hopes and dreams and transmit your thoughts to one another even if you’re not together,” Meir tells her nephews. Meir is joined by Ruti Strum, the mother of hostage Eitan Horn and released hostage Iair Horn, as well as Dalia Cusnir, the Horns’ sister-in-law and Niva Wenkert, the mother of released hostage Omer Wenkert. Singer-songwriter Rona Kenan joins them and softly leads the gathering in singing ‘Sahki, sahki,’ a social protest song written by Shaul Tchernikovsky 120 years ago. |
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