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Saturday, March 30, 2024
Protesters chant for PM to resign outside his private residence in Caesarea
Cnaan Lidor is The Times of Israel's Jewish World reporter
Several hundred people throng a main traffic artery in Caesarea near the private residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, carrying signs and chanting for him to resign.
The protest Saturday night in the affluent coastal town halfway between Haifa and Tel Aviv is one of several rallies in recent weeks that protesters say are designed to “increase the pressure on him so he goes to a new election,” as one protester, a local from Caesarea named Hannah Zissel, tells The Times of Israel.
Amos Malka, a former head of the Israel Defense Forces’ Military Intelligence Directorate, kicks off the speaker’s portion of the rally with a speech in which he accuses Netanyahu of “abandoning the hostages” the Hamas is holding in Gaza.
“If the families knew how small the gap is, which Netanyahu is refusing to close” in negotiations with Hamas, “they would explode,” says Malka. “This is more evidence of his unsuitability to serve.”
Speaking to The Times of Israel, Malka, a leader of the protest movement against Netanyahu’s government, clarifies that “the failures leading up to October 7 are shared among many, across the defense and establishment community. But what happened since,” that’s on Netanyahu.
כשעשרות (אם לא מאות) מטרים של סרט אדום עם תמונות החטופים נפגש עם דרישה להדחה עכשיו.
קיסריה. עכשיו.צילום: בני משי pic.twitter.com/om2DoBvhli
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