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Israel: new demonstration in Jerusalem to put pressure on the government
Hundreds of people demonstrated this Saturday, March 16 evening in Jerusalem, to put pressure on the Israeli government and demand the release of hostages still in the hands of Hamas, while negotiations have been relaunched.
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With our special correspondent in Jerusalem,
Murielle Paradon
She holds up a sign that reads: “
Take them home!”
» Alisha Vanden-Bergen is a history teacher.
For her, it is urgent.
Benyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, has given the green light to an intervention plan in Rafah, in southern Gaza.
Which could endanger the hostages.
“
I worry about the hostages all the time,”
she confides.
They were moved to different places that were bombed, and sometimes, as we know, they were even killed by our bombs.
I am not criticizing the Israeli army, which is doing what it can to fight.
That's not the point.
The most important thing is that the hostages are alive, we have to get them out.
»
Negotiations have apparently been relaunched in recent days.
But Raphael, very critical of Benyamin Netanyahu, does not believe in his desire to free the hostages.
“
He is not interested in the hostages,
” he considers.
He doesn't do anything, he negotiates by imposing a bunch of conditions.
He should have said "yes" to everything, to have them released and then fight Hamas.
But he makes sure to stay in power.
»
Anti-Netanyahu protesters are convinced that the prime minister is dragging out the war to keep himself in power.
They are demanding new elections.
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