At the start of the demonstration, Israeli police arrested one of the Palestinian organizers, a member of Combatants for Peace, for reasons that were not apparent. Among the marchers were Hadash members of Knesset from the Joint List Dov Khenin and Abdallah Abu Ma’aruf, as well as Meretz secretary general and former MK Mossi Raz. The marchers held signs demanding an end to the occupation, and promoting peace and dialogue. Some of the signs declared that peace is not just a dream, and, “it won’t end until we talk.” The activists also carried Hadash signs and banner in solidarity with Ezra Nawi, an Israeli peace activist arrested last week by Israeli police.