Yashar Party activist attacked while attempting to remove Yigal Amir protest sign from bridge

Ilan Mans, a 76-year-old Yashar! Party activist, was attacked and hospitalized last week at Hemed Bridge while attempting to remove a protest sign that read, “Yigal Amir will be released.” Mans was confronted and assaulted by the protesters who had erected the sign. He was subsequently admitted to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital's neurological department for treatment of bleeding in the brain and is scheduled for surgery. Mans reported that police did not arrive at the scene. The Yashar! Party issued a statement calling on the police to “act immediately to arrest the attackers and bring them to justice.” Gadi Eisenkot also reportedly spoke with Mans to offer support.