Warmonger PM under fire
Israelis protest Netanyahu’s Gaza policies
Thousands of people took to the streets across Israel on Saturday night to show their anger at the warmongering policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Holding placards reading, “Revenge is not victory,” and placards that showed the number of Palestinians killed in Israel’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip, the protesters expressed their opposition to the continuation of the war on the Palestinian territory.
The Israeli protesters also called on their officials to bring back the remaining captives held by the Hamas resistance group in Gaza.
Israel’s attacks on Gaza have killed more than 27,000 Palestinians and wounded over 66,000 people since the regime began its aggression against the Palestinian territory in response to Hamas’s October 7 attack on the occupied territories.
Hamas took 240 people captive during the attack. Around 100 captives have been released under a deal brokered by Qatar.
The protesters who gathered in the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Beer Sheva, among others, also demanded the end of Netanyahu’s mandate.
In Tel Aviv, demonstrators called for the dissolution of the cabinet, general elections and the immediate return of the captives. Many held up signs with images of their loved ones, calling on the cabinet to “bring them home.”
A new organization for mothers whose children were drafted into the war on Gaza called for elections and hung banners on bridges that read: “Netanyahu is killing us.”
In occupied Al-Quds, Israeli protesters took to the streets for the fourth consecutive week demanding immediate elections.
The rally was held under the banner of “120 days underground,” a reference to the days since the Oct. 7 attack and the Hamas tunnels in the Palestinian territory where the captives are believed to be held.
Demonstrators also demanded the resignation of Netanyahu, whom they accuse of mismanagement and blame for the Oct. 7 attack that caught Israel by surprise with deadly consequences.