Posted on 08/08/2023 4:41:11 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Organizers of the anti-government protests on Tuesday filed a petition with the Supreme Court, demanding that the protesters be allowed to hold a demonstration in the village of Neve Ativ, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vacationing with his wife Sara.
The petition follows a decision by Israel Police to place barriers around the moshav and not allow civilians who do not live and are not vacationing in the village to arrive and protest there.
"The police are preventing the protesters from utilizing their basic right of freedom of expression and protest, in a way which is absolutely not balancing the obvious security needs with the right to protest," the organizers claimed.
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Looks like about 110 people live in Neve Ativ.
Police are absolutely correct in limiting protests, especially while the Prime Minister is in town.
But this is going up to the High Court, which must be high on something potent.
There’s something wrong with Israelis who would rather live under a court dictatorship than an elected government. They’d be singing a different tune if the courts were guaranteed to be pro-Netanyahoo.
There’s something wrong, alright. I don’t know what, but something.
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