The Democrats party chairman Yair Golan speaks to thousands of protesters gathered outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem to oppose the government’s anticipated dismissal of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar.
Protesters, many holding umbrellas amid on-and-off rainfall, cheer for Golan as he calls for new elections to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“We will throw this government into the garbage can of history,” he says, expressing his hope for Israel to be a “just, equal democratic state, state that our children and grandchildren will want to live in.”
The politician was shoved to the ground during an earlier protest outside the premier’s home today.
Former Shin Bet chief Carmi Gilon denounces Netanyahu’s attempts to fire his successor as well as Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, accusing him of “sacrificing the Shin Bet.”
“It could very well be that we are standing here today at one of the last democratic demonstrations to take place in the democratic State of Israel,” he continues.
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