Israeli students demonstrate against Netanyahu's hard-right government
Israeli students demonstrate against Netanyahu's hard-right government.
Hundreds of Israeli students demonstrate on the Tel Aviv University campus against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new hard-right government.
Four students at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem were arrested as hundreds of students from university campuses across the country protested the government’s plan to curb the authority of the Israeli judiciary.
The students were arrested after they blocked a road and refused to comply with police instructions, according to authorities.
The demonstrations took place despite a statement issued the day before by the National Union of Israeli Students that it would not take a side in the controversy over the plan.
The universities themselves also announced that they are not a party to the protests and that classes were proceeding as usual.
Several hundred demonstrators showed up for the protest at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
They carried Israeli flags and signs reading “Fighting for democracy.”
At Tel Aviv University, several hundred protesting students faced off with about 10 counter-demonstrators from the right-wing Im Tirtzu organisation, who voiced their support for the government’s plans, which would allow the Knesset to override rulings by the High Court of Justice.
