Hi,
It is the fifth week in a row of protests against the Juridical revolution, which the Israeli government, led by Bibi, wishes to make. And the second time Ayalon Highway has been closed.
Last week, Ayalon Highway to the south has been closed to allow the protestors to go down to the road. That pretty much takes out the point of it. The idea of blocking Ayalon is to disorder life and make people uncomfortable. As we were on our way back from Nahsholim in the North, the fact we knew Ayalon Highway would be closed made us change our plans.
This week, there was no plan on closing Ayalon Highway, and the protestors closed it by going down to it near Yehudit Bridge. While other protestors marched around the streets of Tel Aviv. The police allow the protestors to close the road for a couple of hours before evacuating us. The fact we have not been evacuated by force made government officials cry out loud, saying if those have been right-wing protestors or ultra-orthodox protestors they would have been evacuated by force. That was after Ben Gvir, rhe minister for National Secuirty, announced any road blocker would be arrested.
The number of protestors raises much from week to week, and it also spreads around Israel: 133K in Tel Aviv, 10K in Haifa, several thousand in each of the cities: Beer Sheva, Jerusalem, Ranana, and Natanya.
Not only this but also right-wing protestors are joining in: hundreds in Jerusalem and dozens in the settlement of Efrat.
Take Care
Gad
The main protest, like in the weeks before, was at Azrieli junction.
The protestors on Yehudit bridge
Singing, clamping, and drumming over the closed Ayalon highway.
A sticker reminds everybody the original name of the bridge was Yehudit bridge and later changed to Yitzhak Navon bridge.