[Jeff Higgins]

From Tel Aviv. It was one hell of a night last night. Here is the last of four constantly elevating travel advisories we received last night:

UPDATE - Israel: At least 41 people injured during clashes in Tel Aviv
Category: Civil Unrest, Demonstration, Protest, Police Operations, Road Disruption
Latitude, Longitude: (32.075700, 34.791600)

Incident level : 4

According to the latest media reports, at least 41 people including 23 police officers have been injured after protests turned violent in Israel’s capital Tel Aviv on Sunday. The authorities have used stun grenades and tear gas against the protesters that tried to break into the City Hall located next to Rabin Square. The demonstrations began as Ethiopian migrants started protesting over police brutality near the Kaplan Interchange, where major junctions, including the Ayalon South freeway and Hashalom Interchange were closed. Activists also marched along Derech Begin towards the train station but were stopped by police. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for calm on Sunday evening, saying that all complaints must be investigated. ANVIL continues to advise travellers to avoid the area near the city hall as well as all other sites of unrest. Adhere to the guidelines provided by the local authorities.
Reported on: 03/05/2015 22:32:45

I guess I'm a bit surprised to see a protest of this nature in Israel. We don't really hear about them back home in the States (have any of you heard about this one?).

What this meant to us as an AOG team working around the clock to fix an airplane is that we had one hell of a time trading off crews from the hangar to the hotel. Huge delays in getting anywhere around here last night. We had a long, long day waiting for the night shift guys to get the all clear to leave the hotel, then to inch their way through traffic. All was calm by the time we made it back to our hotel, though.