Hundreds of demonstrators protested on Monday at the Bima square in Tel Aviv following the riots in Hawara. The protesters used the slogan "The settler government is setting the country on fire." Also, the demonstrators protested against judicial reform and occupation. Most notably, the protesters did not mention the killing of the two brothers in Huwara at point-blank gunfire by Palestinian militants that happened just the night before.
The demonstrators chanted against ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, and waved signs with the inscriptions: "There is no democracy with the occupation", "With Huwara" and "Long live Huwara". Similar protests took place at the same time in other localities. Many of the protesters were waving PLO flags, which are used as the flag of Palestine, and when a scooter rider tried to grab a Palestinian flag from one of the demonstrators, he was detained by the Israeli police who are supposed to be confiscating the flags themselves, but as of yet have not.
HaBima Square: protest against yesterday’s atrocities against Palestinians in Huwara.
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"There is a lot of anger about what has been happening in the country lately," said Yarden, a resident of Ramat Gan, "The move that led to the dictatorship was born to a large extent from the occupation and its training as a consensus. When there is no equality and when human rights are violated, it spills over into Israel. The latest incident is an outrageous but not surprising escalation. This is another strengthening of Jewish supremacy. The circle of blood will not stop as long as the occupation exists."
Another protest was held at the Hadar Carmel Foundation House in Haifa, initiated by the political "Standing Together" movement. The demonstrators carried signs in Hebrew, Arabic, and English, reading "no to the government of fascists", protesting against the occupation, the judicial reform, and the Israeli rioting that rumbled in Huwara again, with no mention of the two Israeli brothers who were killed in the Palestinian town, an event that sparked the reprisal within the city at the hands of Jewish extremists.
Hundreds of people in Tel Aviv are protesting settler riots in Huwara, blocking Kaplan Junction in the city's center.#TelAviv #protest #Huwara #protesting #worldnews #top pic.twitter.com/AFuT3VrlRl
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The organizing movement of the protests, further stated that "the pogrom in Huwara is directly encouraged by the government: Minister Ben-Gvir who sends members of his party to resettle in the Avitar outpost, and Minister Smotrich who supported the statement of the deputy head of the Shomron local council, 'Hawara should be erased - no place for mercy'.
“The way to prevent further loss of human life - Israelis and Palestinians - the way to live in security and dignity for all of us, is to progress towards Israeli-Palestinian peace, which will guarantee freedom, justice, and independence for both peoples. There is no security except at the end of the occupation. There is no democracy except at the end of the occupation.”
