Israeli police declared an illegal gathering on Highway 1, where demonstrators are sitting on the road wearing yellow badges, according to police footage. The declaration allows officers to forcibly disperse the crowd and clear the highway.
Israeli police declared the protest on Highway 1 an illegal gathering at 18:20 Jerusalem, authorizing forcible dispersal. Minutes earlier, at 18:00, video from the scene showed a protester narrowly avoiding being hit by a truck — an incident not mentioned in the initial police footage. The declaration is the third update The Zioneer has filed in under 25 minutes on this single protest: first came reports of stun-grenade use (18:00), then the police announcement itself (18:00), then the near-miss video (18:00), and now the official ruling at 18:20. The demonstration is part of a wave of Haredi road-blockades against military draft arrests that began June 8; earlier this week police deployed stun grenades (June 9, 23:56), clashed with protesters at the Abu Kabir compound (June 10, 16:48), and arrested protesters using undercover officers in Haredi dress (June 8, 21:51). The yellow badge symbol, worn by demonstrators on Highway 1, has appeared repeatedly in these protests, as The Zioneer reported on June 8. What remains open: whether police have begun physically dispersing the crowd or making arrests since the 18:20 declaration, and whether additional truck-related incidents occurred before or after the near-miss captured on video.
3 developments
- DevelopingPolice declare Haredi protest illegal, move to disperse rioters
- DevelopingPolice forcibly clear protesters blocking road in Israel
- StrongHaredi protesters block highways, halt trains across central Israel
- StrongPolice use water cannon, stun grenades to reopen Highway 6; organizers call off protest
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