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2025-06-09 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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One arrested at Tel Aviv demonstration in support of high-profile Gaza-bound protest boat
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[IsraelTimes] Police arrest at least one person at a left-wing protest outside the French embassy on the Tel Aviv beachfront.
Why the French embassy? Nobody from a spontaneous and at times violent counterprotest was detained.
The 50-odd left-wing demonstration was called in support of the Freedom Flotilla’s high-profile mission to Gaza, the Madleen, half of whose 12-member crew are French citizens, including Palestinian-French MEP Rima Hassan, who enjoys diplomatic immunity.
Hassan posted about the protest earlier today. A member of the protest group in Tel Aviv confirms to The Times of Israel that the group is in contact with the Madleen.
Defense Minister Israel Katz earlier today called on the “antisemitic” activists to make a U-turn.
Police at the protest declare the left-wing demonstration illegal within about 40 minutes, in which time a crowd of beachgoers — roughly double the number of left-wing protesters — gather across the street, hurling obscenities and some physical objects, including a full water bottle, at the protesters.
The counter-protesters yell “terrorists” and “go to Gaza” at the left-wing activists, often drowning out the activists’ chants, which include “Stop the genocidal war” and “killing children is not a public diplomacy problem.”
Several counter-protesters rush across the street to scuffle with the left-wing activists and tear down signs, including large banners reading “Gaza ghetto” and “Zionism is genocide.” One counter-protester mistakenly identifies a Times of Israel reporter as a protester and attempts to shove him into the road.
Police push away violent counter-protesters, preventing a larger brawl.
When more police arrive, officers tell the left-wing activists to wrap it up and begin pushing them up a staircase away from the beach, warning that anyone who resists arrest will be detained, at which point they detain one of the activists. 
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