Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior members of his coalition accused anti-government protesters of “wild incitement” on Saturday, after a member of the ruling Likud party fell to the ground while passing through a group of protesters outside a Likud event in central Israel.

Protesters denied that they had touched the lawmaker, 70-year-old MK Eli Dallal, who fell as he made his way through the demonstration blocking the entrance to the Likud event. Dallal, however, said he felt as though he was “being lynched” by the group.

The incident occurred outside of a celebratory event hosted by the Likud Party ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, in Kfar Saba. A video from the scene shows Dallal being escorted by police through a crowd of protesters — many of whom are shouting and blaring horns — when he suddenly falls to the ground.

As the police officers close in around him, a member of Dallal’s entourage — said by anti-government protesters to be the lawmaker’s adviser — reacts furiously, shoving one of his security guards in the chest until police officers break them apart.

A protester dressed in a costume referencing the so-called “Qatargate” scandal that has engulfed Netanyahu’s aides can be seen throwing what looks like mock dollar bills at the Likud MK as he is pulled out of the crowd by the police officers.

As the video spread on social media, condemnation began to pour in from Likud lawmakers and other members of the government, who called to bring Dallal’s “attackers” to justice.

מהומה בכפר סבא: מוחים הגיעו לאירוע הרמת כוסית של הליכוד בתיעוד נראה ח״כ אלי דלל עובר בין המפגינים – ונופל קרדיט: משנים כיון
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