12-06-12 Israel Protest Leaders Questioned by Police

Israel Police wanted to know the social protest calendar for this summer, so they called the organizers for questioning. (Which means that police had not infiltrated the protest movement so far). In the meanwhile, yours truly is receiving the royal treatment...  But it all looks very civil, almost incompetent, relative to suppression in the United States.
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Israel Protest Leaders Questioned by Police

By Haaretz

Published June 12, 2012.

Several leaders of last summer's social protests have been called in for interviews at police stations around the country, in what officials said was an attempt to better prepare its forces for the reprise of demonstrations this summer.

Some activists received summonses in the mail, while others have been visited personally by officers. One such visit yesterday caused some anxiety at the home of Tamir Hajaj, who said his 17-year-old daughter called him in a panic to tell him police officers had come to their home looking for him. Hajaj told his daughter to give the officers his cellphone number.

"They phoned and said I was being called in for investigation," Hajaj said. "When I asked why, they said they want to know my plans for the summer." Hajaj said that last year he kept in touch with police, briefing them on events and demonstrations he organized.

"I think it's because I'm one of the leaders of the social protest and I received a permit to erect a big tent in Rabin Square [in Tel Aviv] on July 1. Everyone knows it'll be the opening shot of the summer, and apparently that frightened them," Hajaj said. "The police already knew my phone number. My daughters are stressed out over it. I'm in shock over the police choosing to come to my house to look for me. There's a much easier way to find me. It smells a little fishy to me," he said.

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