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| Police allow a few anti-Bibi protesters to block highways, demonstrate at Netanyahu home calling for hostage deal |
| 2025-08-23 |
Based on tweets like the one below and the photos at the link, which focus on the tablescapes, I suspect as many as a few dozen were involved altogether across the country. [IsraelTimes] Protesters calling for a hostage deal blocked multiple highways and rallied outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence on Friday evening, as the Hostages and Missing Families Forum announced another day of nationwide hostage protests for Tuesday.In Tel Aviv, protesters blocked traffic in both directions on the Ayalon highway, near the Hashalom interchange. Footage on social media showed the demonstrators unfurling banners reading “Stop until they’re all back” and setting up a table for a Shabbat meal. Protesters also set up a mock Shabbat table and blocked traffic on Route 6, near the Elyakin Interchange in northern Israel.
Protesters also gathered outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, where they set up another Shabbat table. As the protests were taking place, the Hostages Forum announced plans for a “day of mass public identification” with the captives on Tuesday, as they push for continued mass protests to pressure the government to make a deal with Hamas to free the captives. Protests will take place across the country, with a central rally set to take place at Hostages Square at 8 p.m. following a march from the nearby Savidor train station, the Forum said. Earlier this week, the Forum announced a day of nationwide protests planned for this coming Sunday, to follow the mass demonstrations that took place last Sunday, but later changed the format of the planned rallies, favoring smaller events across the country instead of one major protest in Tel Aviv. The mass protest in Tel Aviv will instead be held on Tuesday. |
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