Police detain two suspects for attacking anti-government protesters outside the home of a Likud lawmaker in southern Israel.
The incident near MK Shalom Danino’s house in Omar took place as protesters have been rapidly rallying outside the homes of coalition members to intensify protests against the government’s judicial overhaul law.
In footage from the southern city, a man driving a pickup truck can be seen getting out of the vehicle and attacking a protester, while another man responds by throwing what appears to be food at him.
As he confronted the protesters, another man got out of the truck and joined the melee, attacking the protesters and shouting at them to “go back”.
“I’ll fuck you,” he can be heard saying multiple times.
In a second video clip, several protesters can be seen moving away from the front of the truck as the driver drives off, before getting out and swinging at a protester’s head.
Documentation: A driver attacked protesters who were cheering in front of the home of Likud MK Shalom Danino in Omer@itsik_zuarets pic.twitter.com/GBxeRxFDwe
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Protesters, one of whom was reported by Haaretz daily to have suffered minor injuries, accused the driver of trying to run them over.
Police later detained the suspects – a father and his son – and said they were probing the matter.
A van driver drives into a crowd of protesters near the home of Shalom Danino Baomer and later beats people pic.twitter.com/Fg3uqB0NFF
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The incident came to light after a driver plowed through Protesters blocked Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway on Wednesday night, injuring at least one protester, who was caught and arrested by police. After questioning, the driver was released from police custody the next morning under a restraining order. He alleged that he did not intentionally hit the protestors, rather he got stuck in the rally with his car and tried to escape from the crowd.
Thursday’s protest leaders Mortgage to hold protests “never seen before in Israel” next Tuesday, a day after the first of three plenary votes on a bill in the Knesset that would bar the courts from conducting judicial review on the reasonableness of government decisions Will stop ,
The bill, which would bar the judiciary from using the “reasonableness” principle to review decisions made by cabinet, government ministers and unspecified other elected officials, was approved by the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Tuesday and It has been set up for this. First reading next week.
The coalition reportedly aims to make it law before the summer recess of the Knesset in late July.
