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Monday, June 17, 2024
Anti-government protests block highways on 2nd day of ‘week of disruption,’ high school students start wave of walkouts
Anti-government protesters block a number of key highways and roads for the second day in a row in a call for elections and a hostage deal.
In addition, students at a number of high schools in the center of the country kick off a rolling wave of walkouts.
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חן יצחקי צילום pic.twitter.com/DsJgPADQzC— לירי בורק שביט (@lirishavit) June 17, 2024
A large protest will take place at the Knesset in Jerusalem at 7 p.m. this evening, before demonstrators march to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence.
A number of tech companies have hired buses to bring protesters from across the country to the capital, Channel 12 reports.
Organizers of the protests said yesterday that their aim was to get a million people onto the streets over the course of the “week of disruption,” and for the country to go to the polls before the one year anniversary of October 7.
Another rally will be held at the Knesset on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. A rally is also to be held in the south on Wednesday evening, with the location to be announced. On Thursday, protests will be held outside Netanyahu’s residences in Jerusalem and Caesarea.
