Saturday, 02 January 2021 (YJC)_ Scores of protesters gathered outside the back entrance of Prime Minister’s official Jerusalem residence.
Scores of protesters gathered outside the back entrance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official Jerusalem residence on Balfour street Saturday afternoon, some holding flaming torches. Eight protesters were detained or arrested for disturbing the peace, an Israel Police spokesperson said.
This is the 28th consecutive week of anti-Netanyahu protests outside the prime minister's Jerusalem residence.
The protesters gathered in an area that is generally blocked off during protests as police formed a barricade between the protesters and the entrance to the residence. Protesters held signs that read "the siege on Balfour," which is the nickname of an attempt to block all the entrances to the residence, Haaretz reported.
Protesters lit a bonfire with torches outside of the residence, and firefighters extinguished it, N12 reported.
Protesters said that more people gathered Saturday in reaction to a recent attempted arson of the Balfour protests tents while protesters were sleeping in them. The protesters called this a "step up in the violence towards protesters that is the direct result of wild incitement by the accused [Netanyahu] and his people."
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