Today, the city of Tel Aviv witnessed protests in which thousands of Israelis who lost their jobs or were economically affected as a result of the embargo and closures due to the outbreak of the Coruna virus, participated.
The demonstrators demanded that the government compensate them for the losses they had suffered, after being forced to close their businesses under anti-Corona virus measures.
The Israeli occupation police deployed its personnel in central Tel Aviv, and closed the main roads leading to the city, before the demonstration, which condemned the government's handling of the economic repercussions of the Corona crisis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu anticipated the demonstrations by announcing a new social welfare package for Israelis who had lost their sources of income due to the Corona pandemic crisis, and said that those measures would provide an economic safety net for a year to come.
"The state will consider those who lost their jobs due to the crisis to be eligible for social welfare until mid-2021, and it will provide training for professions in the time of Corona, and accelerate the granting of grants to troubled companies and businesses," Netanyahu said at a televised news conference last Thursday.
Several economic and commercial sectors in Israel were forced to close for weeks, since the first infection with the Corona virus was recorded in the beginning of last March, while the unemployment rate exceeded 20% after laying off tens of thousands of workers.
In the face of popular and economic pressure, the government eased its closure measures at the end of May.
But as the numbers of injuries increased, procedures were tightened again, including the closure of clubs, bars, gyms and public pools.
While employees who were granted leave received unemployment benefits, the self-employed said most of them had waited months for promised government assistance.
On Friday, the Israeli Ministry of Health announced the largest number of HIV infections in 24 hours, with approximately 1,500 new infections recorded.
The total number of injuries in Israel was more than 36,000, but no tally was published on Saturday.