Tue Feb 15, 2022 – 12:05 pm EST
JERUSALEM (LifeSiteNews) — Thousands of Israelis have descended on Jerusalem in trucks and other vehicles to protest ongoing COVID restrictions in a Canadian-style freedom convoy.
Traffic was brought to an almost complete standstill in some parts of Jerusalem on Monday, as an estimated 30,000 vehicles converged in the city from different parts of the country, though the mainstream media have been drastically downplaying these figures.
Hundreds of them took the main highway connecting Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and gathered in front of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament.
Videos published on social media show long lines of cars forming as the drivers honked their horns.
HAPPENING NOW IN ISRAEL: 30,000 vehicles and 40 convoys from 40 cities across Israel converge into one united Israeli Freedom Convoy in Jerusalem to protest the undemocratic #Covid restrictions. Inspired by the great #CanadianFreedomConvoy#IsraeliFreedomConvoy #FreedomConvoy pic.twitter.com/EriCLGPi16
— OshyEllman (@oshyellman1) February 14, 2022
Over 20,000 vehicles in a Freedom Convoy blocked the roads in Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/pOEgmWSJrL
— Aaron Ginn (@aginnt) February 14, 2022
Other protesters were on foot and gathered at junctions of the freedom convoy, waving banners, beating drums, and chanting slogans
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