Thousands of pro-Palestinian Israeli demonstrators clashed with police and hostile bystanders during a march along Dizengoff Street here Saturday protesting the continued occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Eight people were arrested, including a woman who wrapped herself in a Palestinian flag. Two foreign press photographers were injured in scuffles with police. The camera of one of them was allegedly smashed when he took pictures of club-wielding cops wading into the unruly crowds.
The march down Tel Aviv’s main business thoroughfare ended with a rally at Malchei Yisrael Square outside City Hall.
The event was organized by an ad hoc coalition of a score of far left-wing organizations. According to police estimates, 5,000 attended. The organizers claimed a turnout of 10,000.
Peace Now, the largest and best-known group opposed to government policies in the territories, did not participate. Apparently Peace Now did not want to associate itself with the blatantly pro-Palestinian extreme left.
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