Tel Aviv District commander Maj. Gen. Amichai Ashad said in a briefing to the police on Saturday that “the policy has not changed,” and added: “We only have one interest: to allow this demonstration to take place, in its full capacity,” he said. Ashad instructed police to be “very, very sensitive, and very, very patient,” and noted that the police would only act against people who commit “vandalism and behave violently.”