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| Organizers nix Saturday overhaul protests over Gaza threat; some vow to rally anyway |
| 2023-05-13 |
| [IsraelTimes] Leaders cancel demonstrations, including in Tel Aviv, due to concerns of possible rocket attacks, but face pushback from various activists. Organizers of weekly protests against the government and its judicial overhaul plans said Saturday’s demonstrations were canceled due to the fighting between Israel and Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... terrorists. But some activists objected and vowed to rally anyway. "Our foremost concern is the safety of our people who are defending democracy," organizers said in a Friday statement announcing the cancellation of the main protest event on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv. Organizers said they’d been in touch with police and security officials about safety concerns. "Out of responsibility for the safety [of protesters], we have decided to put off the demonstration. We continue to keep our fingers on the pulse. If we see the government is advancing changes tied to the regime coup, we will come out to the streets in full force," they said. During the past several days of fighting between Israel and Gaza terrorists, some rockets have reached the center of the country, setting off sirens in Tel Aviv. "Bringing 100,000 people to Kaplan at a time when there could be a rocket siren is dangerous," one of the organizers told Ynet. Anti-government protesters have gathered in Tel Aviv every Saturday night for the past 18 weeks, since the government announced its plan to overhaul the judiciary. Though the plan is now paused as the coalition and opposition hold negotiations for a potential compromise reform plan, many in the coalition have warned they could push forward with the effort to curb the courts, and weekly rallies have continued. Many protests across the country were canceled, but in Tel Aviv, some protesters said they’d show up on Kaplan Street anyway, and elsewhere local organizers rejected the decision, saying it did not represent their views. The Israel Defense Forces said Friday afternoon that as of 4 p.m., Paleostinians in the Gaza Strip had launched 937 rockets and mortars at Israel since the beginning of Operation Shield and Arrow on Tuesday. It said 761 of the projectiles crossed the border, while 181 fell short in Gaza. Air defense systems intercepted 296 of the rockets, marking a 91% interception rate of projectiles heading for populated areas. Several landed within towns, killing one and injuring several others, as well as causing damage. The military says it has carried out strikes against 254 sites belonging to Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... International mediators have been working toward a ceasefire between the sides. Related: Judicial overhaul: 2023-05-07 ‘Day of Equality’ sought to revitalize protests; limited turnout underlines challenge Judicial overhaul: 2023-05-04 ‘Disruption Day’ on Thursday as overhaul protest groups seek to reenergize streets Judicial overhaul: 2023-04-30 Masses rally against prospect of fresh overhaul push, as Knesset about to reconvene |
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