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The protesters, seeking to send the government and Knesset a message, waved black flags and disrupted the traffic as they left from Kafr Qara.
The chairman of the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, former member of parliament Mohammed Baraka, said the convoy is a first step in a protest that will continue “until the government responds to the most legitimate and humane issue in Arab society – personal safety.”
The convoy on the road leading to Jerusalem.
Baraka said that the protesters are demanding law enforcement authorities to seize illegal weapons and fight criminals with harsh punishments.