Published 05:25 IST, November 22nd 2020

Scuffles at anti-Netanyahu protest in Jerusalem

Israeli police say they arrested four protesters for causing disturbances during a gathering of about a thousand Israelis in Jerusalem on Saturday night.

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Israeli police say y arrested four protesters for causing disturbances during a garing of about a thousand Israelis in Jerusalem on Saturday night.

y assembled despite cool, wet wear to continue months of protests demanding resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Police were seen dragging away protesters from Paris Square in central Jerusalem.

Protesters gared outside Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem, focal point of most of demonstrations, while a similarly sized crowd protested outside Netanyahu's private home in upscale coastal town of Caesaria.

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Smaller garings took place at junctions and overpasses across Israel.

Protesters say Netanyahu should resign while he is on trial for corruption charges and accuse him of mishandling country's coronavirus crisis.

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crisis has hit ecomy hard and sent unemployment skyrocketing.

Many of protesters are young people who have lost ir jobs.

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Some protesters carried makeshift submarines, referring to a graft scandal connected to purchase of warships and submarines from German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp.

(Im Credit: AP)

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05:25 IST, November 22nd 2020