Thousands of protesters demonstrated on Saturday evening against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at intersections, bridges and squares across Israel, as weekly demonstrations continued for the 23rd week in a row.
Archiv: Black Flag democracy movement / Israel 2020
Israeli Panel to Look Into Submarine Scandal, Riling Netanyahu
Mr. Netanyahu was not named as a suspect in an earlier police investigation of the purchase of submarines and missile boats from Germany that caught up several of his close associates. The planned commission of inquiry lacks legal authority. It may summon any witness to testify but cannot compel anybody to appear before it.
Gantz Announces Commission of Inquiry Into Submarine Affair That Has Plagued Netanyahu
The submarine affair has become a central element in the protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, where demonstrators have carried inflatable submarines inscribed with slogans like “S.S. Investigation.” Protesters are calling for a commission of inquiry into the affair, as well as calling on Netanyahu to step down in light of his corruption charges.
Thousands Protest Netanyahu in Jerusalem, at Least 18 Arrested Ahead of Demonstration
Police say they arrested 18 with protesters claiming 23 have been detained as they demand Netanyahu be investigated for the so-called ’submarine affair‘
Thousands of Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu in Hundreds of Locations Across Country
Hundreds of demonstrations are taking place Saturday night in squares, junctions and on bridges around the country for the 20th week in a row since the anti-Netanyahu protests began in July.
Netanyahu Learnt the Lesson of Rabin’s Assassination. The Israeli Left Should Too
“Rabin’s murder was a perfect murder that paid off,” the late Prof. Moshe Negbi once wrote. This is a serious charge, but an accurate one. Netanyahu owes his political existence to this murder. The roots of his rule are planted in the blood of the slain prime minister. Fanning the violence and then looking away is a strategy that served him both before the murder and after it.
בלפור, עכשיו, ועד שילך!
Thousands Protest Against Netanyahu Across Israel, Three Attacks Reported Against Demonstrators
A protester in Ramat Gan was pepper sprayed by someone passing by on a scooter ■ Man at Ramat Hasharon was beaten by two men ■ four youths vandalize booths belonging to Peace Now group in Jerusalem, police arrested two
25,000 Candles Lit at Tel Aviv Ceremony for 25th Anniversary of Rabin Assassination
Twenty-five-thousand memorial candles were lit to commemmorate the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv Thursday.
On Rabin Assassination Anniversary, anti-Netanyahu Protesters March Through Tel Aviv
A large crowd was expected to turn out for protests Thursday evening at locations throughout Israel, as anti-government demonstrations coincide with the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, according to the Hebrew calendar.
*לך!* אנחנו נמשיך לבוא כל שבוע, כמו שבאנו גם בגשם וגם בשרב בחצי השנה האחרונה. עוד לא נולד ארגון הפשע המושחת שירתיע עם שאוהב את מדינתו היהודית והדמוקרטית אהבת נפש, מלהאבק עבורה
Anti-Netanyahu Protesters Return to the Streets, Thousands March From Knesset
At about 10:00 P.M., thousands of Jerusalem protesters started another march from the vicinity of the prime minister’s residence. Police tried to stop the march in the Mamila area, but demonstrators broke into a run and bypassed the roadblocks.
Meanwhile, about 1,000 people are taking part in a protest by the Movement for Quality Government at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square for the second week in a row, under the banner of „Corruption is leaping – the state is sinking,“ a play on the Hebrew word for submarine.
Thousands of Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu as Business Owners Rejoin Dissent
housands of Israelis called for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday night in hundreds of locations across Israel, with major protests taking place in Haifa, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Groundbreaking number of demonstrators against PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem tonight, across the street from his house. It is an anti corruption demonstration as he is defendant in bribery, breach of trust trial.
Anti-Netanyahu Protests Resume in Jerusalem, Across Israel, in Shadow of Right-wing Violence
Following the expiration of movement restrictions, tens of thousands of protesters gathered across Israel Saturday night, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down in light of his criminal indictments, and many faced violence at the hands of both police and right-wing groups.
Tonight in Tel Aviv, on the march
Stunning action this morning: activists from the Bloc Against Occupation fill TLV’s Rabin Square with the words “DEMOCRACY OR OCCUPATION”. They write: “The problem does not begin or end with Netanyahu. Only when we end the occupation can we start talking about what democracy is”
Thousands protest across Israel demanding Netanyahu’s resignation
Some protesters accused Netanyahu of not condemning violence against them and also directed their ire at his coalition partner, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, for not taking a harsher stance against the violence.
„The fact that the Israeli prime minister has not once condemned the violence against the protesters is a green light for violence against citizens of the country,“ they said.
Israel: Protests turn violent as photographer attacked, man run over by vehicle
Demonstrators in Holon calling for the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were attacked and sprayed with tear gas by right-wing activists of the “La Familia” soccer fans organization, outlet N12 reported.
A Haaretz photographer, Tomer Appelbaum, was reportedly attacked with fists and kicking when arriving at the scene to document the rally, forcing him to flee.
Anti-Netanyahu Protesters Report Attacks as Weekend of Demos Kicks Off Across Israel
At least 30 young people identified as members of La Familia, a group of far-right militants associated with the Betar Jerusalem football club, came to confront protesters assembled in a city square. They were wearing black shirts, waving Likud flags and carrying signs that read ‚A good leftist is a dead leftist‘ and ‚Leftists are traitors,‘ and cursing at protesters. According to police officers present at the scene, which were forced to call for reinforcements, they sprayed mace on the protesters.
At the margins of the anti-government protest tonight in Tel Aviv, right-wing counter-protesters held up a sign that reads “a good leftist is a dead leftist”.
Erneut Demos in Israel: Tausende protestieren gegen Netanyahu
Kritiker sehen die neuen Regeln als Versuch, die seit Wochen andauernden Proteste gegen Netanyahu zu ersticken. Die neuen Vorschriften untersagen es Demonstranten, sich weiter als einen Kilometer von ihrem Zuhause zu entfernen, um an Protesten teilzunehmen.
Zudem wurden im Vorfeld der erwarteten Demonstrationen die Regeln von der Polizei nochmals verschärft:
‚You Messed With the Wrong Generation‘: Tens of Thousands March Against Netanyahu Across Israel
The police came under criticism for issuing a statement implying that the Crime Minister organization, one of the protests‘ organizers, had called on protesters to arm themselves in order to confront police officers. They were forced to retract the allegation after it became clear it was fabricated.
Gantz: Rising Violence Against anti-Netanyahu Protesters Could Lead to Murder
Gantz called on Public Security Minister Amir Ohana of Likud and acting police commissioner Motti Cohen to bolster police forces at the demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slated for Saturday evening.
The defense minister told Ohana and Cohen that „the violence toward protesters is evident and there’s a genuine fear for human life.“
Four Months In, Dozens of Attacks on Israeli Protesters but Only One Indictment
As one demonstrator puts it, ‘It seems the police have picked a side in the conflict between the Israeli public and Netanyahu and his supporters’
Thousands Protest Against Netanyahu Across Israel; Demonstrators Report Attacks
Officers from the police’s operational documentation unit also attempted to prevent Haaretz photographer Tomer Applebaum from taking photos of other officers handing out fines to protesters, claiming that he was distrupting police work.
They Fought for Israel’s Independence. Now They’re on the Streets Fighting Netanyahu
Yitzhak Arad, a veteran of Israel’s 1948 War of Independence, organized an anti-Netanyahu protest the other day for residents of his assisted-living center in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Hasharon.
About 50 people attended. “We would have easily gotten a bigger crowd, but we didn’t want to violate the social distancing rules or endanger anyone’s health,” says Arad, a Holocaust survivor who served as director of Yad Vashem (Israel’s Shoah memorial center) for over 20 years.
Netanyahu’s Plot Against Israel
If you share my misgivings, if you feel the foundations of Israel’s democracy fracturing as never before, go out and demonstrate, shout your defiance from every balcony, swamp social media with posts, cry out in every direction. Don’t give this government a moment’s rest. Not a second’s respite. While you still can.
Thousands Protest Against Netanyahu Across Israel Day After Gov’t Renews Limitations on Demos
Hundreds of protesters are gathering in Tel Aviv and at the Jaffa Clock Tower roundabout, chanting „we won’t give up until Netanyahu resigns.“ Demonstrators are carrying signs reading „We are the hope“ and waving pink flags. In Tel Aviv, protests are held at Rabin Square, Habima Square, Ben-Zion and Hashmonaim junctions.
#Israel: Anti-Netanyahu protesters gathering now in central #TelAviv and are preparing to march throughout the city — i24NEWS‘ @emilyarielrose reports to @calev_i24
Anti-Netanyahu Protests Continue in Tel Aviv in Shadow of Lockdown, Police Violence
Dozens of demonstrators took to the streets in Tel Aviv and more in dozens of other cities and towns across Israel, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down and protesting the government’s restrictions on demonstrations during Israel’s coronavirus lockdown.
Following reports of police violence directed at protesters on Saturday night, organizers are expecting a large turnout later on Tuesday evening.
Whispers in Blue and White to dissolve Israeli gov’t intensify: report
More Blue and White party members are calling to end the collaboration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and dissolve the government, broadcaster Channel 12 reported Sunday.
In an interview with Israel’s public radio Kan, chairwoman of the Knesset’s (Israel Parliament) Internal Affairs and Environment Committee Miki Haimovich said that more people within her party are thinking on such a possibility.
Fascism Is Dead, Long Live Dictatorship
It’s important for me to be precise, because I know the mechanisms of thought enforcement in my political camp, which will want to turn my words into support for Netanyahu. I firmly oppose the lockdown, but the fact that Israel is enforcing it by using the army doesn’t make the paratroopers’ presence at checkpoints proof that “the dictatorship is already here.” Certainly no more than the curfew in Spain and the soldiers patrolling the streets there were proof of Franco’s return.
Lawmaker From Gantz’s Party: More ‚Thinking of Quitting Netanyahu Government‘
Israeli lawmaker Miki Haimovich, a member of Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz’s Kahol Lavan party, said on Sunday evening that there is a growing group in Kahol Lavan that is considering dismantling the partnership with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Gantz Knows the Premiership Is Lost and Now His Party Is Raising the Stakes
Passing legislation to keep protests away from Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem, to which Gantz’s party didn’t oppose, was the last of too many straws, bringing Kahol Lavan to its limit
Footage Shows Violent Police Crackdown on anti-Netanyahu Protesters, Journalists
Protests held against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu across Israel on Saturday were marked by incidents of violence, including attacks on protesters by civilians and police.
Violent incidents took place in several locations across the country, as thousands of protesters demanded the resignation of the Netanyahu government over what they say is the mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.
תגיד, אתה ראש ממשלה או סמרטוט? תדרשו לפטר את אוחנה ולסיים את העוצר הכללי, או שאתם מפילים את הממשלה. אופציה ב‘ – תעברו ישר לחלק של להפיל את הממשלה. תעיפו את נתניהו!
תקיפת המפגינים הערב ובימים האחרונים בלתי מתקבלת על הדעת. ההפגנות המתקיימות לפי ההנחיות הן דבר לגיטימי וחיוני בדמוקרטיה. אני קורא למשטרה לשים את ידה על התוקפים ולמצות עימם את הדין.
Tel Aviv’s Mayor Among Injured Amid Violence at Nationwide anti-Netanyahu Protests
Defense Minister Benny Gantz tweeted on Saturday night that violence against protesters is „intolerable“, adding that the demonstrations are a „legitimate and vital aspect of democracy“. He called on police to apprehend those attacking protesters and bring them to justice.
The Black Flag responded to Benny Gantz in a fiery tone: „Words do not suffice: as long as you serve the defendant you are just as guilty as he is – resign!“
Israel Police arrest dozens as protests spring across country
Protesters at Habima Square in Tel Aviv managed to breach through a police roadblock and marched into the street, blocking traffic, outlet Walla News reported.
Dozens were apprehended by Israel Police, as several protests drew near houses of government ministers.
Anti-Netanyahu Protesters Fined Despite Not Violating Coronavirus Restrictions
Five demonstrators were fined for staying at a protest encampment near Netanyahu’s’ official Jerusalem residence despite renting an apartment less than a kilometer away from the site
Earlier this week Netanyahu extended the lockdown regulations to include a ban on protesting further than 1km from home. While stifling the regular demonstrations at Balfour and other epicentres, protestors responded by demonstrating at every street corner across the country.
עולים ברחוב העליה
בינתיים התקדמו לפלורנטין. המשטרה ניסתה כמה םעמים לכלוא את המפגינים על אברבנאל, אבל עכשיו בדיוק הם ממשיכים
Erneut Demos in Israel: Wieder Zehntausende gegen Netanyahu
Parlament und Regierung hatten in dieser Woche eine umstrittene Einschränkung für Demonstrationen beschlossen: Wer protestieren will, darf dies demnach während des kompletten Lockdowns nur innerhalb eines Umkreises von 1000 Metern von seinem Zuhause und in Gruppen von maximal 20 Menschen.
Trotz Einschränkungen: Viele Demos gegen Netanjahu
Im ganzen Land protestierten – an Hunderten Orten in kleineren Gruppen – geschätzt 100.000 Menschen, wie Medien unter Berufung auf die Protest-Bewegung „Schwarze Flaggen“ berichteten.
After Restrictions, anti-Netanyahu Protests Continue at Hundreds of Locations Around Israel
The Black Flag movement estimated that 100,000 people have taken part in Saturday’s protests against Netanyahu in cities and towns across the country. Clashes between protesters and police broke out in Tel Aviv, with arrests taking place. At least seven arrests have been reported.
A Body Blow to Democracy
It’s important to be precise: In practice, this legislation does not limit demonstrations, it bans them. The proposed restrictions are so draconian that they amount to a prohibition. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is attempting, in the most cynical fashion, to exploit the coronavirus and the restrictions needed to fight its spread in order to undermine fundamental democratic rights and to suppress the dissent against him and his incorrigible government.
Coronavirus Israel Live: Netanyahu Says Exit Strategy May Take Six Months to a Year
Netanyahu says lockdown won’t be lifted in a month ■ Knesset passes law limiting protests
The High Court of Justice has given little help to the #protest movement against Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu, slow-walking their petition to strike down new corona-era limits on demonstrations. @jeremybob1 reports.
High Court says it won’t block a coronavirus law limiting protests, for now
Justice Neal Hendel has given the government a week — until October 7 — to respond to the Movement for Quality Government’s petition, according to an update by the plaintiffs on their Twitter account.
Israel Didn’t Just Limit Demos. It Neutered the Right to Protest
The right to protest, the beating heart of freedom of political expression, is the cornerstone of democracy. It’s even more so during a health crisis
The Bibi Cult Has Finally Detached Itself From Israeli Society
Today, none of them would even trust an agreement to buy a bicycle from him. They’ll turn their backs on him when the scent of his weakness strengthens, at which point the Bibi-ists will call them a radical leftist faction financed by the New Israel Fund.
The haters of the old elite and Mapai followed Netanyahu because he promised to destroy these groups – and indeed in this realm he has chalked up a few achievements.
Coronavirus Israel Live: Lockdown Won’t Be Lifted Within Month, ‚May Take Much Longer,‘ Netanyahu Says
Also on Tuesday, the Knesset is debating an amendment to the government’s coronavirus law that would bar protesters from traveling more than a kilometer (0.6 mi) from their homes to attend a demonstration.
Outside, hundreds of protesters gathered to protest the legislation, three of whom were arrested by Israel Police.
Limiting Protests Back in Focus as Netanyahu Gets Conditional Support From Gantz’s Party
Parliamentary voting will resume after the government failed to complete ratification of the legislation on Friday, and so protests were held Saturday night, as they have been for the past several months on Saturday evenings.
The government has sought to limit the distance protesters can protest to within 1 kilometer from their homes, a restriction which the current version of the law, passed in July, specifically prohibits. The government is now seeking to restrict protesters’ movements.
Israelis protest outside PM Netanyahu’s home after bid to curb demonstrations
Long lines of cars drove along the main highway to Jerusalem in a protest convoy and groups gathered on bridges and junctions in other cities, also demonstrating about corruption charges against Netanyahu – charges he denies.
בר יהודה ת“א
Thousands of Israelis Join Protest Caravan Against Netanyahu After Attempts to Curb Demonstrations
The motorcades were organized in light of the government’s attempts to curtail citizens‘ right to demonstrate during the country’s second nationwide lockdown. Despite gaining government approval, restrictions that would only allow Israelis to protest within a 1,000 meter distance from their home failed to make it through the Knesset.
Netanyahu Seeks Emergency Powers to Quash Protests Under Coronavirus Regulations
The Knesset, mired in political deadlock, failed to pass legislation that would limit the right to protest under the coronavirus restrictions that took effect at 2 P.M. Friday.
The Law for Declaring War on Protests
A new amendment to the coronavirus law is meant to enable the cabinet to prevent demonstrations outside the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem. This is a dangerous amendment that undermines Israel’s democratic character. Virtually its only purpose is to give the cabinet the power to prevent people from protesting in the places where they have been doing so until recently.
Coronavirus Israel Live: Government Approves Stricter Lockdown, Limiting Protests
„The exact outline for protests will for the moment be very limited, but if they actually allow more prayer, then they’ll allow protests at the same level,“ he said of the new restrictions, which allow demonstrators to protests only within a kilometer of their homes and in groups of 20. „I think that at the moment, the trend is to have solidarity.“
Nissenkorn, a Kahol Lavan member, added that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not acting cynically and wanted a partial closure, „even after two weeks where protests [in front of his official residence] were not allowed, and neither was going from city to city, he didn’t achieve that.“
Anti-Netanyahu Protests Across Israel Draw Thousands Despite Coronavirus Lockdown
Several thousand protesters showed up on Sunday for a weekly anti-Netanyahu demonstration near the prime minister’s official residence in Jerusalem, which in its 13th week drew a smaller crowd than usual, as Israel in under a nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
Anti-Netanyahu Protesters Warn of ‚Anti-democratic‘ Coronavirus Lockdown Ahead of Vote
Thousands have been gathering near the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem every week, slamming the government for mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis and Netanyahu for preoccupation with his ongoing trial in three criminal cases.
Demonstrations are also taking place near Netanyahu’s private residence in Caesarea and at major intersections and bridges across the country.
אנחנו הרוב, יצאנו לרחוב!‘
צוק מנרה
Today is apparently the last Saturday night anti-Netanyahu, pro-democracy demonstration before they lock the whole country down. So I expect it to be big.
6pm at bridges & junctions around the country
8pm at Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem
Netanyahu’s Deceitful Lockdown
Netanyahu is pursuing two tracks simultaneously. The first is that of the attorney general. It involves ceaselessly attacking Avichai Mendelblit to get him to break and resign, thereby enabling Netanyahu to appoint an attorney general after his own heart who will cancel his trial due to “lack of public interest.”
The second track is the general lockdown he intends to impose later this month to stop the demonstrations outside his official residence on Jerusalem’s Balfour Street.
Police Harassment
Artist Ze’ev Engelmayer was arrested Saturday at an anti-government demonstration in Jerusalem while dressed as his nude comics character Shoshke.
Tausende demonstrieren gegen Netanyahu
Die Polizei nahm 13 Menschen fest. Zwei Polizisten wurden offiziellen Angaben zufolge verletzt, als Demonstranten eine Absperrung durchbrachen. Netanyahu bezeichnet die Protestierenden als Linke und Anarchisten. Seit Monaten gehen sie gegen den wegen Korruption angeklagten Ministerpräsidenten auf die Straße.
הקרב על הצוללת
היס“מ מאבד את זה – מרסק את רועי פלג ונושאי הצוללת
בצעדה לתוך אדנית ברחוב.
צילום: איתי רון
@ha_makom
משתין עלינו
Jerusalem Police Clash With anti-Netanyahu Demonstrators as Protest Enters 11th Week
Thousands of Israelis gathered on Saturday evening outside the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem and at other locations around the country for the 11th consecutive week, calling on the prime minister to resign in light of his ongoing corruption trial
Thirteen anti-Netanyahu Activists Arrested for Trying to Remove Police Barriers Ahead of Weekly Protests
The activists said they had arrived at Paris Square near Netanyahu’s official residence on Balfour Street with two trucks, intending to remove the barriers and return them to the company from which they were rented.
The activists dismantled 35 barriers and loaded them onto one truck before they were arrested.
Soundtrack for a Revolution: ‘Bibi, Let My People Go,’ Begs Israeli Singer
When May Lavie heard Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech about Moses and Pharaoh in 2015, she immediately understood that it was a song waiting to be written.
Wieder Proteste gegen Netanyahu
Rund drei Monate nach ihrem Beginn weiten sich die Proteste gegen Israels rechtskonservativen Regierungschef Benjamin Netanyahu von Woche zu Woche aus. Die größte Demonstration fand gestern Abend vor Netanyahus Amtssitz in Jerusalem statt.
The number inside the square is again likely in the tens of thousands, and includes MK Ofer Cassif who just addressed the Hadash bloc
20,000 Call on Netanyahu to Resign as Jerusalem Protests Enter Tenth Week
About 20,000 protesters are gathered outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem Saturday evening for the tenth week in a row, calling for his resignation, as tensions with police run high following documented incidents of police violence at last week’s protest.
Parallel protests were held outside Netanyahu’s private residence in Caesarea and at over 300 bridges and major intersections nationwide.
Hundreds of Israelis Call for Netanyahu’s Resignation in Tel Aviv, Haifa Protest Marches
Hundreds of Israelis marched in protest in Tel Aviv and Haifa on Thursday, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign.
A wave of anti-Netanyahu protests has swept Israel over the summer, with the largest weekly demonstration taking place every Saturday night near the prime minister’s official residence in Jerusalem.
Police violence tonight @ anti @netanyahu protest
Police now entering en masse to disperse
Dozens Arrested at Ten Thousand-strong Protest Against Netanyahu in Jerusalem
Earlier in the evening, about 1,000 protesters marched from the Chords Bridge near the entrance to the city toward Balfour Street, where the residence is located, despite not receiving a permit for the march from the police.
Meanwhile, demonstrators from the „Black Flag“ movement, who call to defend Israel’s democracy from what they perceive as Netanyahu’s government attacks against it, have already gathered at some 300 intersections, junctions and bridges across Israel.
Another thousand protested near the prime minister’s private home in Caesarea.
#Ten Thousand Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu in Front of PM’s Residence
Israel: Anti-Netanyahu protesters defy police ban to march through Jerusalem
The force added that it suggested a number of alternative paths, but the organizers rejected all of those.
„You cannot stop the protests,“ the organizers retorted. „It is your role to protect us, it is ours to protect a country that is collapsing,“ they added.
The protest arrives to its destination outside Balfour, as large as ever
Saturday night in Jerusalem means another thousands-strong protest against Netanyahu’s government. This time, however, rather than spending the evening at Balfour, we’re marching to Bibi’s house from Meitarim Bridge at the entrance to the city
‚UAE Deal Won’t Keep Us at Home‘: Anti-Netanyahu Protests Draw Thousands
Hundreds more attended a protest outside Netanyahu’s private home in Caesarea, while tens of thousands showed up at bridges and intersections across Israel
B.B Go Home רגעים ממוצ“ש האחרון בבלפור
#ביביהביתה
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יוצר: אסף שפיר
Netanyahu Incites and Whines – and Shows Worrying Signs of Totally Losing It
“An unprecedented campaign of incitement that includes calls for violence and even my murder and that of my family,” wrote Netanyahu. Unprecedented? After all, he was elected on the bloody back of a prime minister who was murdered, as the result of the savage incitement of which he was one of its main leaders. Incited and inflamed right-wingers stood every Friday, on the eve of the Sabbath, across from the entrance to the Rabins’ home in Ramat Aviv – and wished them that they end up like “Mussolini and his concubine” – meaning hanging upside down, with their feet up. That is less serious than three balloons in the shape of the male sexual organ? Or even a deviant post – that turns out was posted a year and a half ago, whose author was interrogated hours before Netanyahu’s execrable letter was sent.
Netanyahu, Gantz Back Bill to Delay Budget Deadline, Potentially Staving Off Election
The bill will be brought to a preliminary vote by the Knesset on Wednesday. Gantz’s party and ultra-Orthodox Shas party announced they would vote in favor.
Netanyahu Caught Between Rock of Risky Election and Hard Place of Criminal Trial
Netanyahu’s original plan was to go through the motions of trying to set up a new coalition, declaring failure and setting a date for a fourth election. He was sidetracked by the sudden realization that Gantz could be coaxed into an illusory power-sharing agreement, thus precipitating the break-up of Netanyahu’s center-left opposition while delegitimizing his partner’s leadership role at the same time. Gantz was forewarned that Netanyahu was laying a trap for him, but decided, naively and disastrously, to walk straight into it.
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Emperor Bibi
Israel: Anti-government rallies see thousands gather in front of PM residence
Some 850,000 Israelis are currently unemployed, representing 20 percent of the country’s workforce
Thousands of Israelis rallied again on Saturday evening in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv amid a massive anti-government movement calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Here we go again: back at Balfour with thousands of protestors demonstrating against the Netanyahu-led government. Parallel protests taking place simultaneously in Rosh Pina, Caesarea, Mitzpe Ramon, Nazareth and Jadeidi-Makr as well as on bridges throughout the country.
A large banner projected onto a nearby building said “Revolution” a reference to the street where Netanyahu lives.
The biggest rally since the start of anti-government protests.
Thousands in Jerusalem for anti-Netanyahu Demo; Protesters Allegedly Attacked in South
10,000 protesters gathered on Saturday outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence, and thousands more across the country in demonstrations against the government for the fourth week in a row.
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There are activists sleeping in tents at Balfour Street Jerusalem #Israel & also at the indipendence Park. I’m letting someone use my shower because they don’t have these facilities at their camp. #Israel #democracy #Balfour #سلمية
Anti-government rallies in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv kick off after police back protesters
Anti-government protests set to take place in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Thursday evening will go ahead as scheduled hours after police asked Israel Supreme Court not to block the demonstrations.
Netanyahu: Protesters Against Me Are Anarchists, Not Victims of Pandemic
Coalition whip Miki Zohar, who spoke before Netanyahu, warned that „the right to protest cannot be allowed to become the right to contract the coronavirus.“ He called the left-wing „dangerous“ and attacked the Likud’s senior coalition partner – Benny Gantz’s Kahol Lavan party – for „urgently“ defending the right to protest.
10,000 Protesters Are Nothing? Netanyahu Is Still Sweating
That’s why Netanyahu decided not to submit a one-year budget Sunday. He was afraid Benny Gantz’s Kahol Lavan would oppose it, the government would fall and we’d have another early election. Then the demonstrations would really intensify, the Likud margin would abandon him, he’d lose and go home.
That’s why he’s so nervous. That’s why his words in the cabinet were so crazy and untrue. That’s why he’s sweating.
Anti-Netanyahu Protests Have No Leaders. That’s Why They’re Getting Stronger
At Saturday evening’s protest, one person was put in charge of a logistical situation room that handled arrests as well as the photographers, “so we can tell our story rather than what the police and the media are saying,” as one person described it.
Speaking before the demonstration, he said “the situation room will help connect the many groups, but in the end, everyone will do what they want.” He also expressed confidence that there was no need for leadership of the protests, and in fact, opposed such leadership.
Netanyahu’s Tirades Against Protesters Highlight a Growing Detachment From Reality
Critics routinely lambaste the prime minister’s corruption and incitement, but mostly ignore his compulsive lying and flights of farcical fantasy
#IsraelProtests: Some 10,000 demonstrators gathered at #Jerusalem’s Paris Square on Saturday evening to call for #Netanyahu’s immediate resignation, in one of the largest anti-government protests to date
Israelis From San Francisco to Berlin Join anti-Netanyahu Protests
“We’re supporting and joining our sisters and brothers in Israel who stand up for Israeli democracy.”
Ten Thousand anti-Netanyahu Protesters Rally in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Around Israel
The protest and march were approved by the Israel Police, which is present in large forces and says it will allow protest for all but „will not tolerate any disturbances of the public order.”
Netanyahu Has Been Leading a Cold Civil War for Years. Now It’s Threatening to Burst Into Flames
The victimization and persecution that are imprinted and growing inside of him release Netanyahu from guilt feelings, pangs of conscience or even a shred of a feeling of responsibility. He sees himself as fighting a constant war of survival and defense against the stated and clandestine groups who are conspiring to bring him down or eliminate him. This is why he will never understand that he is the person directly and centrally responsible for the violent and bloody street battles that we saw this week, which could deteriorate into murder in seconds.
Here you can hear a group of far-right Israelis chanting „leftists are sons of wh****s“ and „death to leftists“ at tonight’s anti-Netanyahu protest in Jerusalem.
Members of the far right also assaulted journalists and a Palestinian bus driver
WATCH: #JerusalemProtests: i24NEWS Defense Correspondent @DanielTsemach ’s camera knocked down by members of the far-right extremist group ‚La Familia‘ as they ran past him
Fifteen Far-right Activists Arrested After Attack on Press, Palestinian at anti-Netanyahu Rally
Meanwhile, dozens of the far-right extremist group La Familia, composed of fans of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer team, gathered at Jerusalem’s Hatachana outdoor mall complex.
This came after the group said it would hold a counter-protest to support the premier and to show the „leftist wimps“ that the „rules of the game have changed.“
?הסקוריטטה כבר ביקרו אצלכם היום
.ברוך השם. כל השאר זה בונוס
At anti-Netanyahu protests, no clear leaders — and that’s how activists like it
“The failure of 2011 was due to their inexperience. They attempted to create a single leadership, which promptly embarked on egotistical internal struggles,” said 65-year-old Avi Ofer, a longtime activist involved in the anti-Netanyahu protests.
Most protesters who spoke to The Times of Israel echoed Elyakim and Ofer. According to 70-year-old Eli Brook, the Jerusalem protests are “more like a network, a web. There is no central organization, central command; there are many different groups.”
Netanyahu Has Launched the Decisive Part of His Plan: To Set the Country on Fire
We’ve almost forgotten how all this started. When he was indicted, I wrote that to keep his trial from going forward, including the testimony of state witnesses that is expected to spell his political end, he wouldn’t hesitate “to burn down the clubhouse.” Literally.
Now the testimony phase of his case is approaching. In another five months, the first of those three state witnesses will take the stand. What can stop it? A civil war, for example. A siege of the Jerusalem District Court, for example.
Gantz: Protests must not be silenced, attackers must face justice
Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Wednesday demanded the arrest of perpetrators of violent attacks on demonstrators calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
„They must be caught and brought to justice, the protest will not be silenced as long as we are here,“ he said.
Broken Bottles, Fists and Pepper Spray: Protesters Against Netanyahu Gov’t Recount Assault
According to the demonstrators, police ignored their calls for help and, only later arriving at the scene to break up the clashes. The attackers, whose identity is unknown and who pretended they are part of the anti-government protest, managed to escape the scene.
סרטון שתעד אסף שפיר. המשך בתגובה. האלימות של לה פמיליה הלילה, היא לא מלחמת אזרחים. הם פושעים ששלח הפושע הראשי: ביבי. גם הסמויים בשליחותו.
A lot of videos from Tel Aviv tonight showing far-right soccer hooligans attacking anti-Netanyahu protesters
Here’s another:
Tel Aviv: 1,000 protesters block Ayalon Highway in anti-Netanyahu protest
Around 1,000 protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv Tuesday night in an anti-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rally, blocking Ayalon Highway north, Hebrew media reported.
Large forces of Israel Police arrived to disperse the crowd and reopen the highway, in what erupted into clashes between authorities and the demonstrators.
More Than a Thousand Israelis Protest Police Brutality Outside Minister’s Tel Aviv Home
The protest was organized by several groups, including the so-called Black Flags movement, which regularly protests outside the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhau’s official residence in Jerusalem.
Israel’s Protests Are a No-confidence Vote in Its Corrupt Democratic System
This shows that the youth revolution isn’t against Netanyahu alone; it’s a kind of no-confidence vote in Israel’s corrupt democratic system. And it’s happening because most of the people ruling over us don’t actually represent the public. Instead, it turns out that they made it into the Knesset through all kinds of tricks and for the sake of ulterior motives.
Water Cannons to the Head: Police Disperse anti-Netanyahu Protesters Against Regulation
At exactly 12:30 A.M. the order was given for the police to move into action. It was issued by the commander of Jerusalem’s Moriah district police department, which is responsible for an area of the city that includes the site of the regular demonstrations opposite the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence. The consequences of the order were rather dramatic.
This is Paris Square in downtown West Jerusalem tonight near Netanyahu’s residence. On the right is a hotel where thousands of birthright participants have stayed. I really hope this is the start of real change. Photo by @OrenZiv1985
המכת“זית ברחוב רמבן התחילה לרסס עשרות אנשים במקום
And yet, hundreds still in the square
And now the water cannons have arrived
Police on horseback now dispersing all the remaining protestors while arrests continue
A couple of thousand or so probably still left. Many now sitting down on Balfour Street facing the reinforced police barricade
Thousands of Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu Across the Country
Tausende Israelis fordern Rücktritt von Netanjahu
Die Demonstranten versammelten sich vor der Residenz des Ministerpräsidenten in Jerusalem. Dabei schwenkten sie Plakate mit Aufschriften wie „Du bist korrupt, wir haben genug von Dir“ und „Wo bleibt die Moral?“
Auch in Tel Aviv gingen tausende Menschen gegen Netanjahu auf die Straße.
Anti-Netanyahu Protesters Assaulted as Thousands Demonstrate Across Israel
Thousands of protesters held anti-government demonstrations on Saturday in Jerusalem in front of the Prime Minister’s Residence, in Caesarea in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private home, and at some 250 intersections throughout the country.
In Jerusalem, over five thousand protesters gathered on Balfour Street, across from Netanyahu’s official residence. A group of some 20 right-wing activists participated in a counter-protesting nearby.
In wake of protests, fences placed around Netanyahu’s Caesarea residence
Fences and roadblocks were placed Thursday night around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private house in Caesarea, as well as around all houses adjacent to his home, Hebrew-language outlet Walla News reported.
Anti-Netanyahu Protesters Say They Were Violently Attacked by Right-wing Activists
A counter-protest by Netanyahu supporters drew some 200 Likud activists nearby, joined by a few dozen La Familia members. When the right-wing protest dispersed, the La Familia members allegedly split up into a number of groups and began wandering the nearby streets and looking for the left-wing protesters. In at least five cases, according to protesters’ allegations, they physically attacked demonstrators, and in many other cases cursed and insulted activists – focusing mostly on women. They also sang songs denouncing former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated by a right-wing extremist in 1995.
איכות טובה יותר. אסף שפיר. וונדר וומן.
מחר ב20:00 כולנו עולים לבלפור !
@YarivBenYehuda
Friday afternoon ? @TheBlackFlags1 protest in front of Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence.
עוד ביבי
Right now at Balfour Street #protests2020 #Israel #democracy
Next young folks pro #democracy protest at Balfour Street #Jerusalem 25.07.2020 20:30 GMT+2
5 seconds after this, my phone was flung out of my hand by the force of another water cannon shot (somehow it survived!)
Chants of “we won’t give up until Bibi resigns”
Violent Police Measures in Jerusalem Draw Comparisons With Portland Crackdown
Articles: https://www.i24news.tv/en
Live:http://i24ne.ws/4GMK30qJn0A
LIVE: Israelis protest near PM Netanyahu’s residence over his alleged corruption
(video)
Jerusalem Police Clash With Anti-government Protesters, Detain 55 Outside Netanyahu’s Residence
Police arrested 55 demonstrators Thursday night as thousands of anti-government protesters gathered outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem, calling for his resignation over his corruption charges and what they call a mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis and assault on democracy.
Israeli Anti-government Protesters Say Police Tried to Recruit Them as Informants
The police are monitoring online social networks like Facebook and Twitter to try to identify activist leaders and the future direction of the protests, according to sources in law enforcement who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Kann special report live
Dozens Arrested as Protests Against Netanyahu Rock Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
The protests were not organized by a single, centralized organization, but were made up of a variety of different groups and young people who are unaffiliated with any particular movement.
For the fourth week in a row Israelis protest against prime minister Netanyahu on over 200 bridges and intersections across the country. Black flag protest at Ayalon Highway right now
Wide range of ideologies and beliefs present at the Balfour protest in #Jerusalem
For the Fourth Time This Week, Jerusalem Protesters Demand Netanyahu’s Resignation
Over a thousand protesters are demonstrating Saturday evening outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau’s official residence in Jerusalem, calling for his resignation over his corruption charges for the fourth time this week.
Police have closed the central thoroughway of Jaffa street to traffic and erected barriers to prevent protesters from nearing Netanyahu’s residence.
Live from the protest in Charles Clore park in #TelAviv
„Wenn wir fallen, dann fällt ihr auch!!“ Demonstration in Tel Aviv gegen die Massnahmen der Regierung.
Ongoing protest against the governments handling of the #COVID19 crisis in Charles Clore park in #TelAviv, organized by the “Cabinet of Hope” (umbrella organization of groups opposing the mismanagement of the crisis) #Israel
Two Israeli Protest Movements Join Forces After Police Deny Demonstration Permit
Several organizations representing self-employed Israelis have said they will join the protest of the so-called Black Flag movement in Tel Aviv’s Charles Clore Park on Saturday, after police refused to let them demonstrate at a different location, citing coronavirus restrictions.
The Black Flag protests first gained recognition in March, when a motorcade of hundreds of cars made its way to Jerusalem to protest anti-democratic measures to combat the coronavirus, including the approval of civilians’ phone tracking by the Shin Bet security service.
Government Seeks Power to Keep Israelis in Locked-down Areas From Protests
The legislation, titled “Special Powers for Dealing with the Novel Coronavirus,” would essentially give the government the power to decide whether to let people living in restricted areas attend mass demonstrations, such as those that took place this week in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square and outside the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem.
“Under the proposed wording, the government won’t have an obligation to let people leave a restricted area to attend demonstrations,” a source familiar with the bill explained.
Which Part of ‚The State Is Against the People‘ Don’t You Get?
Just like a jealous spouse who feels that his partner no longer loves him, the state will employ more and more violence, more and more attempts to dominate, shut down and suffocate. This is what it means to be at the end of a political era, a sobering up from the grand, enveloping vision of a nation-state that takes care of everyone, a shattering of the old paradigm that put the state at the center of existence. It’s the end of an era, the end of a warped relationship.
Jerusalem Has Seen Many Protests, but This One Was a Turning Point for the anti-Netanyahu Movement
‚We’re young and no longer willing to shut up and be nice,‘ says one of the thousands of demonstrators who turned up near the Prime Minister’s Residence angry and bold
Protesters scuffle with police in protest to demand Israel’s Netanyahu resignation – NO COMENT
Thousands of Israelis protested outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on Tuesday (July 14), demanding his resignation over what they say has been an inept government response to the coronavirus crisis as well as his corruption trial.
Israel protests: Israeli police clash with anti-Netanyahu protest in Jerusalem..
Israeli police have clashed with protesters outside Benjamin Netanyahu’s house, as the embattled prime minister faces heightened criticism for alleged corruption and his government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis.
Jerusalem municipal officials, accompanied by police, arrived outside the premier’s residence and began to dismantle tents of a protest camp that had been erected weeks ago by people calling for Netanyahu to resign.
Fifty Protesters Arrested at Jerusalem Rally Calling for Netanyahu’s Resignation
Thousands demand Netanyahu’s resignation over corruption charges ■ Man suspected being undercover police officer beaten by protesters
Clashes erupt in Jerusalem ‚Bastille Day‘ protest in front of PM’s residence
Around 2,000 protesters arrived at the rally under the moniker “Bastille Day,” named after the July 14th French National Day which commemorates the storming of a grand fortress — an event that launched the French Revolution in 1789.
Now outside Netanyahu“s house in #Jerusalem: protesters are trying to pass police barricades
Thousands Protest Outside PM’s Residence Demanding Netanyahu’s Resignation
Netanyahu has been drawing criticism not only for his alleged misconduct in the three corruption cases against him, but also for his attacks on the attorney general, the media, law enforcement and the judiciary in his arguments that the charges against him are baseless.
Protesters have also demanded further investigation into allegations of impropriety in the purchase of submarines from Germany.
For Second Day in a Row, Jerusalem Police Tear Down anti-Netanyahu Protest Camp
For the second consecutive day, police and city inspector cleared out a protest encampment across the street from the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem. Law enforcement confiscated equipment and clashed with protesters; two of whom were wounded and taken to the hospital.
Thread with videos from some of the many bridges in #Israel where the Black Flags demonstration is currently taking place. A mass demonstration is expected later in Tel Aviv.
Organizers of protests against Netanyahu, corruption and economic hardship are claiming there are already 10K Israelis protesting at 170 bridges and junctions across Israel.
Anti-Netanyahu Activist: Only a ‘Bullet to the Head’ Will Silence Me
(05.07.2020)
“I just got up, made a sign and went out to the street and protested,” he explained. “Every Saturday, just a friend [and I were] on the street corner.”
Ben Shitrit happens to be a cousin of Public Security Minister Amir Ohana, one of Netanyahu’s staunchest allies and defenders. He says he hasn’t spoken to his cousin, whom he calls a “sycophant” and a “poodle,” in years.
‚No way‘ protest in Israel. Why we are protesting against PM Netanyahu – Guy Poran explains:
Thousands gathered outside of Prime Minister @netanyahu ’s official residence in Jerusalem on Friday to protest against #corruption.
Thousands Protest Across Israel Calling on Netanyahu to Resign
‚Black Flag‘ movement continues demonstrations against prime minister, on trial for alleged corruption and accused by critics of attempting to subvert democracy
‚Israel Has Been Seized by a Crime Organization‘: Meet the Activists Leading the Charge Against Netanyahu’s Rule
Some are veteran protesters, some are newcomers, but all of them agree that the younger generation – that they say takes no interest in politics – must be enlisted to bring about change
Coronavirus Israel Live: Public Gatherings Capped Amid Fears of Second Wave
Palestinian Authority to lock down all areas with confirmed cases
Like Trump, Netanyahu Suddenly Seems Out of Touch and Off the Rails
Others see a cynical political gambit at play, as with the return of the coronavirus: Netanyahu is either aiming for a crisis that will allow him to call for an early election while blaming Gantz and other rivals on the left for the failure of his annexation move – or is actually banking on a crisis, foreign, domestic or both, that will allow him to seize emergency powers, delay his trial, seize control of the legal system and so on and so forth.
A #Jerusalem court has released former Air Force general and leading activist opposed to #Netanyahu whose arrest prompted hundreds to protest outside the prime minister’s residence.
Israeli Court Orders Leader of Protest Against Netanyahu Released From Police Custody
The organizers said that over the course of the week, they will establish a protest tent on Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard – recalling the tent city that had been erected there during the social protests of 2012.
Additional protests are taking place at some 70 intersections throughout the country. Dozens of protesters are present at each junction, holding signs reading „Netanyahu is corrupt and corrupts,“ „Investigation now“ (referring to the so-called submarine affair), „The defendent needs to go home,“ and other slogans.
Thousands demonstrate against arrests, Netanyahu
(27.06.2020)
Protests organized by the Black Flags movement against corruption broke out across Israel late Saturday, with demonstrators blocking more than 70 intersections nationwide following the arrest of retired Brig.-Gen. Amir Haskel on Friday afternoon.
7 arrested, including ex-general, as hundreds protest outside Netanyahu’s home
(26.06.2020)
Demonstration part of ongoing ‘black flag’ anti-corruption protests against the prime minister, who is standing trial in a series of graft cases
Israeli Leftists, Apologizing for Your Beliefs Won’t Spare You. Get Off the Defensive
Even if you say “Jewish left” instead of “Israeli left” because it sounds more patriotic, they’ll always have another loyalty test on the way. Because groveling, stammering and apologizing for what you believe in won’t spare you.
The right is ready to go on television, on radio, online, wherever necessary, to defend an apartheid plan, to defend billions being spent at a time of deep recession and to defend a corrupt prime minister. They’re ready to defend the most galling things, and you’re not ready to defend the truth? Try it sometime. Believe me, it’s easier.
How Bernie Sanders Came to Address an Anti-annexation Rally in Tel Aviv
Odeh and Sanders first met in February 2017, when the Odeh visited Washington to attend that year’s J Street conference.
Israeli Left’s Show of Strength Highlights Weakness of Anti-annexation Protest
One can argue about whether the disparate 100-year history of confrontation and occupation between Israelis and Palestinians totally negates parallels to white America’s 400 years of African American subjugation and discrimination. But one glaring gap is undeniable: The majority of U.S. public opinion now acknowledges the legitimacy of black grievances, while the majority of Israelis ‒ including most of the Jewish center-left ‒ continues to view Palestinians, at least those beyond the former Green Line, as a mortal enemy bent on their country’s destruction
‚We Are at a Crossroads‘: Thousands Protest West Bank Annexation in Tel Aviv
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders addressed the rally via video conference, expressing his support for the protesters and condemnation of Israel’s annexation plans. The senator said that he was “heartened” to see Arabs and Jews demonstrating together.
Protest against Netanyahu-Gantz coalition deal draws thousands
The Israeli justice system has received eight complaints from good governance groups and lawmakers concerning the terms of the coalition agreement and the possibility of Netanyahu leading the government despite facing multiple indictments in a wide-ranging corruption investigation.
Israel’s Top Court Hears Petitions to Bar Netanyahu From Forming Government
Expanded panel hears arguments Sunday on request that prime minister be disqualified over the criminal charges against him
Israelis Protest Netanyahu-Gantz Government on Eve of High Court Hearing
The so-called „Black Flag“ protests were organized by the Movement for Quality Government under the slogan “Saving the court, saying no to corrupt government”. Protesters carried signs that read „We’re sick of corruption“ and „emergency government, corruption government“. At the mention of members of Benny Gantz’s Kahol Lavan party the crowd booed and shouted, „Shame!“
Demonstration gegen Pakt zwischen Netanjahu und Ganz
Gegen das Regierungsbündnis wurden acht verschiedene Beschwerden bei Israels Oberstem Gerichtshof eingebracht.
Israel: Höchstgericht verbietet Überwachung ohne Gesetz
Schin Bet hatte nach Beginn der Coronavirus-Krise Überwachungstechnologie eingesetzt, die sonst zur Terrorbekämpfung dient. Menschenrechtler hatten dagegen geklagt. Von offizieller Seite wurde die Maßnahme mit der Notwendigkeit gerechtfertigt, Leben zu retten.
Israeli Government Is Invading Our Privacy Under the Guise of Battling Coronavirus
Two weeks ago, the council had already discussed the possibility of a popular revolt and how the government could prevent an uprising against the authorities. Among other things, it considered how the state “could forestall dangers that could lead to widespread social unrest” that might spark protests against the government and state institutions.
It turns out that soldiers and officers from one of Military Intelligence’s classified intelligence gathering units gathered data and analyzed it for the task force that the National Security Council appointed for this purpose.
Proteste in Israel: Tausende demonstrieren gegen Netanyahu
Die überwiegend schwarz gekleideten Demonstranten trugen Atemschutzmasken und hielten untereinander den wegen der Corona-Krise vorgeschriebenen Abstand von zwei Metern ein. Ein Polizeisprecher sprach von mehreren Hundert Teilnehmern, israelische Medien dagegen von etwa 2000.
Israelis protest against unity government
Thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday to protest a deal struck earlier this week between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and parliament speaker Benny Gantz to form a unity government.
Netanyahu-Gantz Deal Might Mean Ordinary Israelis Must Save the Day
Nothing of the like has been seen before – not in Israel or in any other advanced democracy. This political agreement, fundamentally corrupt and rotten, emasculates the Knesset under cover of the coronavirus, undermines the foundations of our system of government and subordinates the Supreme Court to the government.
The obvious reason for its existence is neither the coronavirus nor the crisis, but immunity for the criminal defendant, Benjamin Netanyahu, in any situation and at any price.
Tel Aviv: Thousands of Israelis Protest to Safeguard Democracy Amid COVID19 Crisis
Owen Alterman reports from a ‚Black Flag‘ protest in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square, where Israelis are protesting against Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israelis accuse Netanyahu of endangering democracy
More than 2,000 Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday, demonstrating against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to form an “emergency” government with his chief rival and accusing him of using the coronavirus crisis to escape prosecution on corruption charges.
הפגנת הדגלים השחורים להצלת הדמוקרטיה – הערב בכיכר הבימה – מבט על וידאו:
(16.04.2020)
Und wer sich in die Hosen macht wegen einer Demo für eine Verfassung, die aus dem denkbar wichtigstem Grund vier Jahre nach dem Faschismus in Kraft getreten ist: hier mal der weltweit neue Standard aus Tel Aviv – vor zwei Tagen! Und das OHNE Verfassung.
Israelis demonstrating under corona restrictions in Tel Aviv. The black flag demonstration to save democracy.
Israelis demonstrate over ‚loss of democracy‘ during pandemic crisis
Some thousands of Israelis participated on Thursday night in a Tel Aviv demonstration against the interim government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the “loss of democracy.”
Report: Gantz to support law keeping Netanyahu minister despite indictments
Israel Resilience party leader Benny Gantz will reportedly support a new law allowing incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to serve in the government despite multiple indictments against him, according to Hebrew media.
Current Israeli Parliament (Knesset) legislation bars elected officials from serving as government ministers while being charged with a crime.
‚Black flag‘ protesters decry ‚corrupt‘ unity deal near Gantz’s home
The activists say they use the black flag, pinning them to the back of vehicles, to symbolize the danger a prime minister under indictment poses to Israeli democracy, according to The Times.
Netanyahu was indicted last year on three charges following a years-long corruption investigation, including breach of public trust, bribery, and fraud.
Raise the Black Flag at Home. Stand Up to the Tyrant Netanyahu
For years and years, we wondered when the occupation would come home.
It happened this week.
As the settlers once said in a different context: Yesha Zeh Kan – Judea, Samaria and Gaza are here.
One set of laws for the tyrant’s allies. Another set of laws for everyone else. Innocent civilians hounded. Their persecutor – never held accountable.
Raise the black flag. Stand up to the tyrant.
This is the fitting flag for this new Israel.