In a Telegram post, commentator Chaim Cohen compared the current blockade of Ayalon Highway by a few protesters to last week's Haredi protests, alleging that police and media treat the two differently based on the political target of the protest.
In a Telegram post on Thursday evening, commentator Haim Cohen questioned the apparent disparity in police and media treatment of protesters blocking Tel Aviv's Ayalon Highway. Cohen argued that while a small group of protesters currently blocking the highway are being tolerated, Haredi protesters who blocked roads in large numbers last week were met with violence and arrests. He attributed the difference to the political target of the protest: the current protest is against the government, while the Haredi protests were about the draft. The post reflects ongoing tensions over selective enforcement of protest laws in Israel.
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