Grandson of hostage calls for election at Jerusalem anti-government rally

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center

Demonstrators attend a protest against the government outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 1, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/ Flash90)
Demonstrators attend a protest against the government outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 1, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/ Flash90)

The grandson of hostage Chaim Peri, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, speaks at an anti-government protest in Jerusalem about all the time he spent at the kibbutz with his grandfather.

“This isn’t my first or last protest, but I always enjoyed the ones with my grandfather,” says Mai Albini Peri. “With him in captivity, I feel responsible to carry his burden. He’s the one leading me in this disaster.”

This government will not fix what they have allowed to happen, adds May.

“We demand a deal now, but there won’t be one as long as this government finds it more important to kill Arabs than to save Jews,” he says “A deal now is elections now.”

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