Crowd Fills Streets To Protest Israeli Minister
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and | Apr 23, 2025 11:31 pm |
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Itamar Ben-Gvir (center) with Rabbi Shmully Hecht (second from left), as security protects the Israeli minister from water bottles thrown by protesters.

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Earlier in the day outside 442 Orange.
Protesters jeer attendees as they leave the event; water bottles were thrown at Ben-Gvir. Video by Nathaniel Rosenberg.
(Updated) Up to 200 protesters ranging from kaffiyeh-clad pro-Palestine activists to yarmulke-wearing pro-Israel Jews gathered at the intersection of Orange and Trumbull streets Wednesday evening to protest the arrival of far right-wing Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to address a Jewish student society called Shabtai.
The night ended with water bottles thrown at the visiting minister and one arrest of a protester.
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