Netanyahu and his Likud party lash out at Channel 12 for covering anti-government protests, as they have done on past Saturdays.
Netanyahu writes on his Twitter account: “All over the world, the media and countries are acting for the benefit of citizens, while our reporters and analysts are mobilizing for ‘Demonstration Channel 12’ for the benefit of left-wing riots against the government that is fighting for the lives and livelihoods of the citizens of Israel.
“It will not help them. We will continue to work for you and we will win,” Netanyahu writes.
The Likud party says in a statement, which is shared by Netanyahu on social media, “While Prime Minister Netanyahu is fighting to return Israel’s economy to normalcy and transfer funds and grants to the citizens of Israel, Channel 12 is doing all it can do boost the extremist left-wing protests of [opposition head Yair] Lapid and [Joint List chief] Ayman Odeh, who incite murder against the prime minister and his family.”
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