Yossi Schwartz ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine), 20.03.2025
According to “Israel Today” many protest organizations unite to protest against the intention to oust the head of the Shin Bet and against the renewal of fighting – while calling for the return of the 59 abductees. Students at the Hebrew University alongside middle and high school students announced that they would join the protest activities. The organization “Free in Our Land” appealed to the CEO of Israel Railways to reinforce the national train service to the capital, due to the intention of the masses to come to the city.
The protests in the capital were also attended by many high officers of the Security service and Generals in reserve. Members of abducted families, which began yesterday (Tuesday) with the march of dozens of protesters from the direction of the Harel interchange to Jerusalem and with demonstrations in JCA Square and Paris Square.
The marchers are expected to arrive outside the Prime Minister’s Office in the Government Compound, where they will gather and later march to the Prime Minister’s Residence on Gaza Street. At the same time, the prime minister’s convoy left the residence in Jerusalem early not to face the protest.
The brutal police that now are again under the command of the fascist Ben-Gevir prepared for “Command Day” with the deployment of police officers in all the planned protest areas, where significant traffic congestion is expected that will affect the entry and exit from the capital, due to road blockades around the areas where there will be gatherings. Meanwhile, the police spokesperson reported that Highway 1 to the east was closed to vehicular traffic from the Motza interchange to the Sakharov interchange following a protest.
The planned protest also reached the entrance to the Knesset building, where Knesset member Gilad Kariv also addressed the expected tension between the demonstrators and the security forces, in part due to documentation of police violence against demonstrators yesterday afternoon. In a tweet on the “X” network, Kariv wrote, “Tomorrow morning, a demand will be issued for an urgent discussion in the National Security Committee on the severe violence of the Jerusalem District Police against demonstrators. We will demand that the district commander be summoned to the discussion.” He added that “we will take to the streets of Jerusalem tomorrow. We will not hesitate to use parliamentary immunity in order to prevent regime violence. We will not wait until a demonstrator loses his life as a result of the police rampage in Jerusalem.”
In a statement issued this morning, Lt. Col. Oren Shvil, one of the founders of Brothers in Arms, said: “At a time when there is escalation on all our fronts, the government and its leader want to fire the head of the Shin Bet. Last night, they brought back to the government those who took pride in torpedoing the previous deals, and in fact want to abandon the hostages in Gaza.”
Shikma Bressler, one of the leaders of the protest, added: “The Netanyahu government is harming the security of the state, it is no longer just an attack on democracy. They abandon the abductees and return to the government those who torpedoed the previous deals.”
The Jerusalem Post reports:
“Thousands protested in Tel Aviv on Tuesday against the potential dismissal of Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Ronen Bar and in a call to return the hostages held in Gaza captivity.
The protest was planned earlier this week
After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Sunday night announcement that he would move to Bar, a joint message went out from major protest organizations calling for a mass protest of the firing.
The decision was made after a three-hour collaborative discussion among approximately 100 protest leaders in Israel on Monday morning.
“The decision to dismiss the head of the Shin Bet, Ronen Bar, is being made by a person in a blatant conflict of interest, whose office is under a security investigation for cooperation with Qatar, and a black flag of illegitimacy flies over it,” read a joint call to protest from the organizations.
“We cannot allow the coalition to realize its vision and destroy Israel completely,” Hofshi B’Artzenu (Free in Our Land) CEO Eran Schwartz said. “The protest is a way for the people to express their opposition to the regime. The majority of the people understand that what is at stake is [either] the future of the coalition or the future of the state, and the masses want to come and demand the future of the state.”
While we do not give any support to this protest, we see it as a good development as it weakens the Zionist Monster. The two blocks are made of the Bibi supporters on one hand and the supporters of the Zionist state as their religion on the other.
Exchange all for all!
Israel out of Gaza!
For a new defeat for Israel the Monster!
For Palestine, reed and free from the river to the sea!