{"id":84230,"date":"2025-07-09T16:54:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T13:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/?p=84230"},"modified":"2025-07-07T15:28:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T12:28:45","slug":"settler-youth-protest-in-jerusalem-paint-chaos-clashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/settler-youth-protest-in-jerusalem-paint-chaos-clashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Settler Youth Protest in Jerusalem: Paint, Chaos, Clashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"786\">Jerusalem is no stranger to protests. Some say the city was built around them<br data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"482\" \/>But the scenes that unfolded recently near the Chords Bridge stood out, even by the standards of Israel\u2019s capital. Hundreds of teenagers\u2014many from settlements in the West Bank\u2014blocked the entrance to Jerusalem in protest over what they called police brutality\u201d during recent confrontations in the hills<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"1127\">The demonstration, fueled by online calls within far-right circles, quickly escalated into a civilian blockade of the city. Roads were shut down by children and youth lying in the streets, trash bins were dragged onto roadways, and police vehicles were splashed with bright blue paint. One female Border Police officer was lightly injured<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"1127\">\n<p><iframe title=\"\u05d4\u05e4\u05d2\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d1\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05e1\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd (\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d3\u05d5\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05d8\u05e8\u05d4)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xN0aeUcqxxw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1170\"><strong data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1170\">Youth on the Road \u2013 Police Under Fire<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1172\" data-end=\"1467\">According to police reports, the demonstrators ignored dispersal orders, threw stones at officers, and engaged in actions that endangered drivers and disrupted the city\u2019s flow<br data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1351\" \/>\u201cThere were actual kids lying in the road. It wasn\u2019t just chaos\u2014it was dangerous,\u201d said a driver stuck at the scene<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1469\" data-end=\"1691\">During the dispersal, several patrol cars were splashed with blue paint\u2014reportedly as a symbolic act of rebellion. Two suspects were arrested and are being investigated for assaulting officers and damaging public property<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1469\" data-end=\"1691\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(<a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/football-builds-bridges-everywhere-except-in-jerusalem\/\">Football Builds Bridges Everywhere \u2013 Except in Jerusalem<\/a>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1747\"><strong data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1747\">Not the Usual Clashes \u2013 Jewish Rage from the Hills<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1749\" data-end=\"2025\">While most violent incidents in Jerusalem in recent years have involved unrest from the city\u2019s east or nearby Arab villages, this time the central players were young Jews\u2014some of them minors\u2014who came from settlements near Jerusalem and chose the capital as their battleground<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2027\" data-end=\"2265\">\u201cThey didn\u2019t go to the army base or the Knesset\u2014they shut down the heart of the country,\u201d tweeted a Jerusalem resident caught in the jam. \u201cWe\u2019re used to left-wing protests blocking traffic sometimes\u2014but this time, it came from the right<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2267\" data-end=\"2305\"><strong data-start=\"2267\" data-end=\"2305\">Once Again, Jerusalem Stands Alone<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2307\" data-end=\"2586\">For many Jerusalemites, the events of that night were a reminder that in this city, symbols always come before order. When the hills erupt, Jerusalem absorbs the flames. And when youth take to the streets in protest, it\u2019s the capital that chokes on traffic, fear, and disruption<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2588\" data-end=\"2710\">For several hours, reaching the entrance to the city became nearly impossible\u2014until, once again, Jerusalem paid the price<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2588\" data-end=\"2710\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(<a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/murder-suicide-in-mevaseret-zion-two-bodies-found\/\">Murder\u2013Suicide in Mevaseret Zion: Two Bodies Found<\/a>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video: Following claims of police violence in the West Bank, hundreds protested at Jerusalem\u2019s entrance &#8211; clashing with officers and involving minors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":84231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Settler Youth Protest in Jerusalem: Paint, Chaos, Clashes","_seopress_titles_desc":"Video: Following claims of police violence in the West Bank, hundreds protested at Jerusalem\u2019s entrance - clashing with officers and involving minors","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[9509,9016,8509,10033],"class_list":{"0":"post-84230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-184","8":"tag-border-police-en","9":"tag-israel-en","10":"tag-israeli-police-en","11":"tag-police-violence-en"},"acf":{"subtitle":"Video: Following claims of police violence in the West Bank, hundreds protested at Jerusalem\u2019s entrance - clashing with officers and involving minors"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}