The protest in front of the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem swells to thousands of participants.
Hundreds also gather outside Prime Minister Netanyahu’s private home in Caesarea.
The Jerusalem demonstration is attended by representatives of event hall owners, event producers, and suppliers for entertainment events, who are out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The unemployed protesters are demanding the government allow them to return to work.
Protesters bear signs reading, “We are the hope — voting with our feet,” and “When will we make peace between ourselves?”
Streets around Jerusalem’s Paris Square are closed to traffic.
The police arrest a man on suspicion of hurling objects at protesters in the city of Hadera.
The protests mark the eighth consecutive week of organized demonstrations on Saturday nights against Netanyahu.
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