Protesters maintain protests in Tel Aviv despite yesterday’s attacks

The organizers of the protests against judicial reform in Israel announced that the demonstrations scheduled for today in the city of Tel Aviv They will not be suspended after the deadly attacks registered yesterday and will be carried out in coordination with the Police.

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“The protests against the dictatorship will continue as scheduled and in full coordination with the Israeli authorities. The planned march after the protest will not take place at the request of the Police”the organizers reported in a statement.

In addition, they sent their condolences to the families of the victims of yesterday’s attacks in Tel Aviv and in west bank occupied, and warned that tonight’s demonstrations will begin with a minute of silence in his memory followed by the national anthem.

“We will continue to fight against the dictatorship as if there is no war on terror, and we will continue to support the Israel Defense Forces as if there is no fight against the dictatorship”explained the organizers, who denounced that “The Israeli government has failed in all areas.”

Today’s protests follow three months of massive demonstrations against the judicial reform promoted by the Government of Benjamin Netanyahuwhich seeks to grant more power to the Executive to the detriment of Justice, whose independence would be profoundly undermined.

Although Netanyahu recently announced a postponement of the legislative procedures in order to promote a reform agreed with the opposition in the coming months, the protesters have expressed their mistrust of the prime minister’s real intentions and continue to protest week after week.

Facing the demonstrations this Saturday, the Police announced the deployment of thousands of agents throughout the country in order to “maintain order and public safety”.

“In these days of maximum alert throughout the country, it is of the utmost importance to leave the traffic lanes free at all times for the passage of emergency vehicles”warned a police spokesman in a statement, in which he urged the protesters to “listen to instructions from police officers on the groundto avoid roadblocks, disturbances and interfere with the agents in the performance of their duties”.

These messages arrive in a climate of high tension in Israelafter the death yesterday of three people -an Italian tourist and two Israelis- in two attacks.

The first of these took place on a highway in the north of west bank occupied, where, according to the Police, at least one Palestinian fired at the vehicle in which three Israeli women were traveling, killing two of them and seriously injuring a third.

Shortly thereafter, an Arab citizen of Israel ran over a group of tourists on a seafront in Tel Aviv. A 36-year-old Italian tourist died at the scene and seven other people were injured.

These incidents occurred shortly after a heavy exchange of fire between the israeli army and Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, sparked by clashes early Wednesday between Israeli policemen and Palestinian worshipers at the mosque Al Aqsa Jerusalem is occupied.

Source: Elcomercio

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