Far-Right Activists Disrupt Film Screening at Joint List HQ

Mordechai David and approximately ten far-right activists, identified with the Otzma Yehudit party, disrupted an event at the "Left Bank" club in Tel Aviv on Thursday. The club also serves as the election headquarters for the Joint List party. The event, organized by "Reshet Mesarvot," was scheduled to screen the film "Lo Mesarvot Lehakshiv" (Not Refusing to Listen), which features interviews with draft refusers.

According to one attendee, during the confrontation, some activists spat at participants, pushed them, and choked two individuals. A video circulating from the event shows David stating, "You will not screen any film here. This is the land of the Jewish people." He claimed he arrived to protest a film he believes is anti-IDF.

After the activists were removed from the building, police were called. Authorities stated that by the time officers arrived, the event had concluded and no assault was identified. Some activists later returned to the area, shouting slogans that attendees described as incitement.

Attendees claimed some activists also attempted to reach the floor housing the Joint List's election headquarters. The newspaper Haaretz reported that the film screening was not part of the party's official activities, though it took place in the same building.

Activists from Hadash filed a police complaint, and Member of Knesset Ofer Cassif contacted the commander of the Tel Aviv district demanding an investigation. Cassif stated, "The gangs of the Kahanist minister feel defeat and are increasing their violence, with clear encouragement from above. We will not sit idly by and will not allow thugs to harass our activists or steal the election. Fascism is fought, not compromised with."