Protesters highlight plight of northern Israel’s displaced residents outside PM’s Jerusalem home

Thousands of protesters march for a hostage deal and early elections in Jerusalem on June 22, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
Thousands of protesters march for a hostage deal and early elections in Jerusalem on June 22, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)

Thousands of protesters calling for the government’s ouster and a hostage deal are marching to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem.

The protest, larger than usual for Jerusalem’s standards, comes at the heels of a full week of anti-government demonstrations in the city.

“Who will watch over the evacuees?” protesters chant, alluding to the 60,000 civilians relocated from northern Israel amid regular rocket fire from Hezbollah which began October 8.

The government has been resisting pressure from many communities in the north urging it to set a date for them to return to their homes.

Marchers hold signs with the names of different villages in the north, each on a backdrop of flames.

Outside Netanyahu’s residence, protesters will hear speeches from hostage family members and anti-government activists affiliated with the Jerusalem branch of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum and the city’s anti-government movement, Safeguarding our Shared Home.

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