Organizers of a “social justice” protest have accused Jerusalem Police of preventing protests in the capital. Police refused to authorize rallies at either of the city’s two central squares – Paris Square or Zion Square – arguing that “the public is sick of road closures due to protests,” organizers claimed.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel has threatened to file suit if police do not authorize a protest soon. The police policy “does not sit well with the legal right to protest, and clearly contradicts a verdict requiring a compromise between the right to protest and temporary disturbances in the flow of traffic,” the group argued.