Traffic Blocked, Thousands Protest as ‘Day of Resistance’ Underway in Israel
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(Worthy News) – The protest movement against the government’s judicial reform plan is waging a “day of resistance against the dictatorship” on Thursday, blocking roads and even maritime routes.
Protesters managed to block one of the countries’ main highways, Ayalon, which connects all of the major highways leading to Tel Aviv. Earlier large crowds of demonstrators flocked to Israel’s main Ben Gurion airport, not far from Tel Aviv, in order to complicate the arrival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who will fly for an official visit to Italy with his wife.
However, the prime minister and his wife arrived at the airport by helicopter in order to avoid traffic jams. [ Source: i24 (Read More…) ]
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