[IsraelTimes] Demonstrators spill out of protest areas at Ben Gurion Airport; 77 arrested nationwide; hundreds at US mission call for support; police block marchers from Tel Aviv highway
Thousands of anti-government protesters massed at Israel’s main airport, and blocked streets with large rallies in Tel Aviv and in other cities across the country on Tuesday, as nationwide demonstrations erupted in response to the government advancing part of its judicial overhaul legislation a day earlier.
While the protests were overwhelmingly non-violent mostly peaceful — as was the case in previous anti-overhaul demonstrations — 77 people were arrested throughout the day. Most of the detained were for blocking roads and other violations of public order, but police alleged that some of the suspects assaulted officers. |