Demonstrators against the legal revolution in Tel Aviv, May 13, 2023 (documentation on social networks according to section 27A of the Copyright Law)
An anti-government demonstration will be held this evening (Saturday) in about 150 locations across the country, centered, as every week, at the main rally at Kaplan Junction in Tel Aviv. This is the 20th week of the demonstrations, which will take place this week, with an emphasis on the budget and the disputes over it. Opposition Leader Yair Lapid will speak at a demonstration in Herzliya, as will National Camp Chairman Benny Gantz in Petah Tikva. "Looting the coffers for the benefit of the government at the expense of the citizens is a dictatorship," the protest organizers said in a statement.
The weekly march will leave Dizengoff Square at 19:00, and about an hour later the rally is expected to open in Kaplan. Among its speakers are Shaul Meridor, a high-tech entrepreneur and former head of the Finance Ministry's budget department, Sefi Rechlevsky, author of Messiah's Donkey, and Tel Aviv Deputy Mayor Meital Lehavi.
"Looting the public purse for those close to the government, instead of investing in citizens, is another stage in turning Israel into a dictatorship," the organizers said. "As in Hungary and Poland, as in dictatorships from the Third World, instead of investing public money in improving the country, they loot for the sake of the government. Netanyahu is wasting time in futile talks at the president's residence, and meanwhile looting 14 billion shekels of taxpayers' money to his friends, corrupt money designed to enable him to pass dictatorship laws. Lapid and Gantz must immediately exit the fraudulent talks," they added.
Demonstrators at the Nahalal junction, this evening (Photo: official website, Zvika Golan)
Senior citizens demonstrate at an assisted living facility in Tel Aviv this evening (Photo: official website, Udi Salmanovich)
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Due to the expected roadblocks, there may be large traffic congestion throughout the province as well as in the areas of the main protest sites. The police said they must obey the instructions of the officers stationed at the checkpoints and take alternative routes.
Demonstrators in the streets, tonight (Photo: official website, Gilad First)
Blocks in Tel Aviv, starting at 16:30
- Kaplan Street from Ibn Gvirol Street to Menachem Begin Road in both directions.
- Kaplan Junction via Menachem Begin to the north and south (traffic will be diverted to sedimentation).
- Peace Bridge ramps to north and south (it will not be possible to go down to Route 20).
- Yigal Alon - Peace to the West.
- Yigal Alon Made in Israel (the vehicles will be directed to Made in Israel Street).
- Peace Made in Israel (vehicles will be directed east).
- Peace and the rise of youth towards the East.
- Yigal Alon - Peace to the South.
- Yigal Alon - Yitzhak Sadeh to the North.
- Yitzhak Sadeh - the locksmith to the north.
- Ben Avigdor - preventing going out to the locksmith.
- Migal Alon Street: Aminadav, Kremnicki, Tuval, Vicky Shiran and the exit from the gas station - traffic will be possible from HaSolelim Street.
Kaplan, last week (Photo: official website, Avshalom Shouni)
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