Mar. 15, 2021
The ongoing wave of protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which at its height attracted tens of thousands of demonstrators throughout Israel, has waned to a large extent in recent months but that hasn’t put a stop to violence directed at the protesters – attacks that for the most part have not resulted in criminal charges.
According to sources in the protest movements, the violence has actually increased recently. Since the outbreak of weekly protests, which have been going on for nearly 40 weeks, Haaretz has found only nine indictments that have been filed for attacks on anti-Netanyahu demonstrators, even though there have been dozens of incidents and many of were caught on video. Police sources say the actual number of indictments is higher but neither the police nor the State Prosecutor’s Office have provided figures on the subject, saying that they are impossible to monitor.