On Saturday, about 110,000 Israelis participated in two demonstrations organized in downtown Tel Aviv against the far-right government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. The private Israeli Channel 12 reported that 100,000 demonstrated near the Azrieli intersection in the center of Tel Aviv, while 10,000 others demonstrated in a square. Habima in the same city.
The Anatolia news agency quoted the Israeli channel as saying that opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz participated in the largest demonstration, as Lapid said in a statement to the channel, "We will defend the homeland and democracy, we will not surrender until we win."
These demonstrations are being organized against the Netanyahu government, for the third week in a row.
Hours ago, Israeli protesters continued to flock to the squares in the cities of Tel Aviv, Beersheba, Haifa, and West Jerusalem, to demonstrate against the Netanyahu government, noting that these squares have been witnessing demonstrations 3 weeks ago called for by opposition parties, civil society organizations, and the "quality of government" movement, accusing the ruling right-wing coalition. By turning against the judicial and legal systems to clear the arena of its leaders who are accused and convicted of charges that include corruption and money laundering.
International, Arab and Israeli media described the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, who was sworn in on December 29, as the most right-wing government in Israel's history.
On the third of last January, under heavy guard by the Israeli police, the Minister of National Security of the new Israeli government, Itamar Ben Gvir, stormed the courtyards of the mosque for a quarter of an hour, in a move that was condemned by the Palestinians, Arab and Western capitals, and even representatives of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament).
The Palestinians accuse Israel of working at an intense pace to Judaize Jerusalem and obliterate its Arab and Islamic identity, while they cling to East Jerusalem as the capital of their hoped-for state based on international legitimacy resolutions that do not recognize Israel's occupation of the city in 1967, nor its annexation to it in 1981.