The same organizers of the protests against the government's planned judicial reforms will hold a demonstration in the haredi city of Bnei Brak this evening (Wednesday) to protest the billions of shekels provided to haredi educational institutions in the State budget.
In a statement released this morning, the protest organizer stated that "in light of the forecasts indicating the crushing of the economy as a result of the looting of the public treasury and the transfer of nearly NIS 14 billion for the benefit of sectoral coalition needs and political bribery, the protest organizations will hold a protest march at 9:00 pm from the Ayalon Mall in Ramat Gan to the city of Bnei Brak."
They claimed that secular Israelis are forced to bear the economic burden and carry the haredi population "like donkeys" on their backs.
"We will go to Bnei Brak to make clear to the government that they are destroying the country, and in particular to the haredi leadership who with their right hand cooperate with the dictatorship and with their left hand loot the coffers - and the beasts of burden are fed up. The donkeys who bear the burden of army service and the economy have ended up being the suckers who fill the public coffers, which has become a political bribe fund for the friends of Gafni and Smotrich," they said.
"It's time to stand up and say enough with the exploitation, corruption, and crushing of Israel! We are not against the haredi public, but we are calling on their leaders to come to their senses and stop the destruction of Israel!"
Despite the declaration, the demonstration was filled with cacophony, extreme epithets, expressions of hatred against haredim and violence against the reporter from rightist Channel 14 who had to be rescued by police from protestors who surrounded him and threatened to beat him with their flagpoles.
The police had announced that numerous roads would be closed to traffic beginning at 6 pm to make way for the demonstration. The police stated that "due to the expected roadblocks, there may be heavy traffic in the area. It is recommended to use the Waze application, where all the roadblocks will be marked."