On Tuesday, during a speech by Construction and Housing Minister Yitzchok Goldknopf at the International Bay Conference in Haifa, an anti-government protester abruptly stormed the stage and launched into a tirade against him.

As Goldknopf began his address, the protester rushed toward him, shouting: “Your life’s work is draft dodging, draft dodging and hoggishness, that’s what you live off of. Your hoggishness turned us on our heads, you tore the nation in two, you brought us the massacre… you brought us humiliation that has never been seen before, and you dare to show your face here.”

Event security quickly intervened, but the protester resisted, insisting that they not touch him while continuing to hurl insults at the minister. He also threw a jacket at Goldknopf before being escorted off the stage by security.

Economy Minister Nir Barkat also faced vocal criticism, with protesters standing outside the conference calling for the release of the hostages.

{Matzav.com Israel}