A protester was arrested Tuesday night in Eilat after he shouted "racist" at National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. As mentioned, the minister has been on private vacation for about a week in a villa in the heart of a residential neighborhood in Eilat, surrounded by security guards and police officers.
Also while on vacation in Eilat: Demonstrators protest against Minister of National Security \\ Keren Vilinsky
The demonstrator arrived at Mishol Street in Eilat, where the minister was staying on vacation, and shouted at him the statement for which he was arrested. Immediately afterwards, police officers blocked him, demanded that he identify himself, and arrested him. He was taken to the police station, where he said they slapped him, took his bag and phone and handcuffed him inside the detention cell. He was released from custody after 4 hours suffering minor blows to his body.
Protest against Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in Eilat, photo: Keren Wilinsky
According to the demonstrator, this was a violent arrest: "I was standing on Mishol Street outside the villa where Gan Gvir is staying. Police officers and border police forced me away, while I shouted a racist, a white supremacist, a lady and his entourage who had just arrived at the villa. They knocked me to the floor, put a knee on my neck and handcuffed me."
He continued: "I was held for four hours in a small cell with handcuffs inside the detention cell. When I was inside the detention cell, I asked them to remove my handcuffs and they refused. Before the interrogation, police officers at the station took my bag by force and one of them slapped me in the face as I held onto my bag and refused to hand it over. I was interrogated. In the end, they were released under restrictive conditions of five-day deportation and self-guarantee that I would not violate the conditions of deportation. They deprived me of my right to demonstrate, they violently deprived me of my freedom, they took away my bag and phone."
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