Anti-Netanyahu protesters with flaming torches gather at Balfour - The Jerusalem Post

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Scores of protesters gathered outside the back entrance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official Jerusalem residence on Balfour street Saturday afternoon, some holding flaming torches. Eight protesters were detained or arrested for disturbing the peace, an Israel Police spokesperson said.This is the 28th consecutive week of anti-Netanyahu protests outside the prime minister's Jerusalem residence. The protesters gathered  in an area that is generally blocked off during protests as police formed a barricade between the protesters and the entrance to the residence. Protesters held signs that read "the siege on Balfour," which is the nickname of an attempt to block all the entrances to the residence, Haaretz reported.Protesters lit a bonfire with torches outside of the residence, and firefighters extinguished it, N12 reported.A woman protesting against prime minister Netanyahu in the Lower Galilee was injured by a rock thrown at her, Ynet news reported. There were 10 anti-Netanyahu protesters and 25 pro-Netanyahu protesters at the scene, but police suspect that the rocks were thrown by children and not related to the protests. Police are investigating the incident.Protesters said that more people gathered Saturday in reaction to a recent attempted arson of the Balfour protests tents while protesters were sleeping in them. The protesters called this a "step up in the violence towards protesters that is the direct result of wild incitement by the accused [Netanyahu] and his people."The attempted arson occurred Thursday and two people were arrested as a result, according to N12. "The incitement and violence from Balfour will not discourage us," said the Crime Minister organization in a statement. "At the start of the new calendar year, Israel looks forward to the end of the age of incitement and division by the accused, and we are determined to clarify to him that we will continue to get close to him. Bibi, we will come to you every week, from every direction. We will close in on you until you leave."The Likud issued a statement responding to the protest and said that "while their parents and grandparents are getting vaccinated, the protesters outside are trying to violently break into the Residence of the Prime Minister who brought them the vaccine. There is no limit to the absurdity."

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