Thousands of Israelis demonstrated on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for him to step down, Quds Press has reported.
This is the 32nd week that such protests have been held against the Israeli leader, who faces three indictments on corruption and fraud charges.
According to Israeli media, the anti-Netanyahu protests were launched around the country and gathered in front of Netanyahu’s office in Jerusalem and near his home in Caesarea.
The weekly #protests against Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu continued for the 32nd consecutive week on Saturday, with a march in #Jerusalem and an art exhibition dedicated to the #Israeli victims of #COVID19 in #TelAviv.
Reporting by @SiegalTobias https://t.co/3AbeJKWGtH
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 30, 2021
The protesters called for a commission to investigate Netanyahu’s inability to deal with the COVID-19 crisis and to find out why he has kept the minutes of his cabinet’s meetings secret for 30 years.
For the first time in months, Israeli police used water cannon to disperse the protesters in Jerusalem and arrested a number of them.
On #Btselem’s Declaration: #IsraeliApartheid from the River to the Sea https://t.co/FQqFqwjkQd via @PalestineChron https://t.co/92ljMWneCR pic.twitter.com/TuW62eTERD
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) January 24, 2021
The Black Flags movement organized a rally in Tel Aviv to express sorrow over the death of 4,600 Israelis from COVID-19 and to protest against Netanyahu’s inability to deal with the pandemic. The prime minister, meanwhile, is focusing attention on the vaccination campaign in an attempt to avoid a criminal trial.
“Netanyahu is taking the state as a hostage in order to postpone his prosecution,” claimed the Crime Minister Movement. “He is kneeling down in front of the fanatics instead of running the crisis. He is extending the lockdown and proposes an economic plan that pledges bribes for the voters.”
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
