Almost six months after the start of the war against Hamas, the Israeli people massively expressed their discontent with the prime minister’s management and called for “elections now.”
The prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahuwhile he appears determined to continue the war against Hamassee how it quickly opens a new front of conflict. In this case it is the Israeli population itself, which this afternoon demonstrated massively in rejection of his government and called for early elections.
“This government is a complete and utter failure.“said Nurit Robinson, 74, during the protest in front of Parliament, the Knesset. “They will take us to the abyss“the protester warned AFP, almost six months after the war conflict with the group Hamas that is moving further and further away from possible truce agreements.
The enormous call for the protest, according to the organizers of 100,000 people, recalled last year’s demonstrations against judicial reform. In this opportunity, They complained against Netanyahu’s management and they also asked for a more equitable distribution of the burden of military service that obligates the majority of Israelis, after the exemptions granted to ultra-Orthodox Jews.
War in Gaza: Netanyahu begins to face massive internal criticism
The cabinet of Netanyahu begins to suffer internally: criticism is widespread over the security failure of the Hamas attack against southern Israel, in which 1,200 people died and more than 250 were taken hostage in Gaza.
Israel’s war in the Palestinian territory aggravated the historical friction within society Israeli that also worries Netanyahu’s coalition government: the Exemptions granted to ultra-Orthodox Jewish students of service seminars in the country’s conscription army.
With the March 31 deadline looming for the government to present legislation to resolve a decades-long standoff over the issue, Netanyahu last week filed a last-minute request to the Supreme Court to postpone the measure for 30 days.
With blue and white Israeli flags, the protesters demanded: “Elections now.”
As war continues, Netanyahu expressed confidence in finding a solution
At a news conference in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said that I hoped to find a solution. He also said that holding elections in the middle of a war, when, according to him, Israel was so close to victory, would paralyze the country for months.
In Tel Aviv, some hostage families and their supporters They blocked a major highway to protest what they called Netanyahu’s failure. in the return of their loved ones.
Source: Ambito
