100s of Israelis clash with police

presstv.com

Wed Aug 17, 2011

Hundreds of Israeli protesters clash with police forces outside the Israeli Knesset as lawmakers interrupt their summer recess to discuss recent anti-regime protests.

The fierce scuffles broke out Tuesday when police and Knesset guards tried to quell about 500 protesters that were marching from the center of Jerusalem to the Knesset, shouting « We want social justice, » AFP reported.

« Clashes broke out between hundreds of protesters and police in front of the Knesset, » said a police spokeswoman, adding that two demonstrators were detained.

The police failed to contain the demonstration, which was scheduled to coincide with a parliamentary debate on how to manage the sweeping wave of discontent over the growing social injustice and soaring living costs in Israel.  Read more…

~ par Alain Bertho sur 17 août 2011.

Publié dans émeutes, riots