Guno צְבִי
We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
In Tel Aviv
Israelis gathered to protest Netanyahu's handling of the Hamas hostage crisis on Saturday.
Protesters blamed Netanyahu for failing to prevent the Hamas attacks, which killed 1,300 people.
Netanyahu has faced protests within Israel for months over judicial reforms and corruption scandals.
When Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, first launched a series of surprise attacks on Israel that killed more than 1,300 people, they also took an estimated 150 people hostage.
"I want Benjamin Netanyahu and all his people to go home because they've abandoned residents of the south and they're not interested in the lives of residents there and instead they're obsessed with small politics," protester Monica Levy told the outlet.
While the Hamas attacks have led to a wartime unity government for Netanyahu, the long-term political repercussions could be substantial.
Netanyahu's far-right, ultra-Orthodox government has long held itself up as taking security seriously.
But security forces in Israel were largely focused in recent weeks and months on continuous protests within Israel over Netanyahu's efforts to curb the power of the country's supreme court. Protesters said the move was a pivot toward authoritarianism. Netanyahu said it was necessary to address "activist" judges.
Israel's own Air Force chief warned in July that the dust-up over judicial reforms was an opportunity for Israel's enemies and represented a security threat to the country.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...q?cvid=b7a0011ecb074ed6ba7dc396cd581b05&ei=35
Israelis gathered to protest Netanyahu's handling of the Hamas hostage crisis on Saturday.
Protesters blamed Netanyahu for failing to prevent the Hamas attacks, which killed 1,300 people.
Netanyahu has faced protests within Israel for months over judicial reforms and corruption scandals.
When Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, first launched a series of surprise attacks on Israel that killed more than 1,300 people, they also took an estimated 150 people hostage.
"I want Benjamin Netanyahu and all his people to go home because they've abandoned residents of the south and they're not interested in the lives of residents there and instead they're obsessed with small politics," protester Monica Levy told the outlet.
While the Hamas attacks have led to a wartime unity government for Netanyahu, the long-term political repercussions could be substantial.
Netanyahu's far-right, ultra-Orthodox government has long held itself up as taking security seriously.
But security forces in Israel were largely focused in recent weeks and months on continuous protests within Israel over Netanyahu's efforts to curb the power of the country's supreme court. Protesters said the move was a pivot toward authoritarianism. Netanyahu said it was necessary to address "activist" judges.
Israel's own Air Force chief warned in July that the dust-up over judicial reforms was an opportunity for Israel's enemies and represented a security threat to the country.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...q?cvid=b7a0011ecb074ed6ba7dc396cd581b05&ei=35
