The storm of controversy surrounding a peace demonstration held in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening continued on Sunday, with organizers claiming that the right-wingers who allegedly disrupted the event attacked them.
Several hundred people participated in the demonstration calling for a cease-fire, which took place on the plaza adjacent to the Habima Theater in central Tel Aviv. A group of a few dozen counter-protesters from the Right took up positions across from the larger group, shouting at the peace camp and even tearing down signs criticizing the army.
Organizers said that the demonstration was not in opposition to the army but in favor of a cease-fire. The fliers announcing the rally read: "We won't spend our lives in shelters under the constant sounds of war. We won't continue to shoot at civilians, Jews or Arabs."
Elad Wolf, one of the coordinators, said, "The slogans weren't anti-IDF in any way, but in the video I saw afterward I did notice one anti-IDF sign."
The rapper Yoav Eliasi, known as "The Shadow," who took part in the counter-demonstration, wrote Sunday that he had "woken up to a sea of lies and character assassination by the left-wing media. Their exaggerated response is because they always thought that in their capital, Tel Aviv, they can say and do whatever they want. Not anymore!"
According to Eliasi, there were no incidents of "violence, ambulances, or sticks" at the demonstration.
"People holding anti-IDF signs had them ripped out of their hands, but there was never any serious violence -- that's a lie," he said.
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