Police and protesters clash violently, at least 23 arrested

The protesters marched to Balfour to protest the recent decision not to investigate Case 3000, known as the “Submarine Affair.”Protesters also gathered in smaller groups at intersections and on bridges across the country, according to Haaretz.

 
Israel police reported that they had detained 18 protesters, but protesters say that 23 people, including a minor, were detained and taken to a police station.
 

Some of the protesters were arrested on Highway 1 as police barricaded part of the highway in an attempt to stop protesters.

“Protesters began marching while endangering themselves and bystanders. They ignored the police and some of them even confronted police officers on the scene,” a police statement read. MK Moshe Ya’alon marched with the protesters and was thanked by a leader of the protests. The same leader commented on the arrests, saying said that the police were making “false arrests that are a scandal in light of the legal and legitimate protest activity,” according to Haaretz.A rock was thrown at protesters in the Sharon area, hitting a car and breaking its back window, according to Ynet News.