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Opposition leaders come out against the torching of bins, cars and tires in Jerusalem by anti-government protesters while also more generally supporting today’s protests for a hostage deal.
“I condemn the torching of vehicles in Jerusalem, but I condemn much more a government that abandons hostages to their deaths in Gaza,” tweets Opposition Leader Yair Lapid.
Activists set several recycling bins alight, damaging cars, near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in Jerusalem’s Rehavia neighborhood and burned tires near the Prime Minister’s office in the Givat Ram neighborhood.
“The protests and solidarity with the families of the hostages today are a democratic right and a moral duty of every citizen — burning vehicles and any form of violence, by an unrepresentative minority, does not advance the return of the hostages and only harms the determined and important public struggle,” declares Blue and White-National Unity chair Benny Gantz.
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