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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 648

anti-government protests

Pro-hostage deal, anti-government protesters rally outside the Begin Road entrance to the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, July 5, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
July 12, 2025, 3:45 pm
Thousands set to attend weekly rallies: ‘No victory without bringing home all 50 hostages’
Hostage families call upcoming 4,000th day since Hadar Goldin’s 2014 abduction ‘a stain on the Israeli story’; supporters of Arab MK Odeh to protest effort to eject him from Knesset
By ToI Staff
Protesters demand a deal to release hostages held in Gaza, in Rehovot, July 5, 2025. (Ori Koren/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
July 5, 2025, 1:20 pm
Thousands rally for hostages with cabinet set to discuss emerging Gaza truce
Hostage Families Forum calls for Israelis to demand a deal that releases all captives, amid reports on committees having to choose who will go free and who will remain in partial deal
By ToI Staff
Police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators during a protest against the recruitment of ultra-Orthodox Jews to the IDF, in Jerusalem, June 30, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 1, 2025, 8:15 pm
Haredi, opposition MKs push bill to bar use of ‘Skunk’ liquid on protesters
Noxious substance carries health risks and may be toxic, Knesset report finds; bill also mandates water cannons be equipped with cameras to deter police abuse
By Charlie Summers
Anti-government protesters attend a rally against the war in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, June 26, 2025. (Flash90)
June 28, 2025, 5:29 pm
Saturday night protests resume after two-week hiatus due to war with Iran
Organizers of rally for hostages say 12-day war created ‘historical window of opportunity’ to reach deal for the release of all captives held by Hamas
By ToI Staff
A protester shouts at Israel Police officer Meir Suissa (left), who threw a stun grenade at a Tel Aviv rally, on March 9, 2023. (Carrie Keller Lynn/Times of Israel)
June 27, 2025, 4:30 pm
Court blocks Ben Gvir’s promotion of police officer indicted for injuring protesters
National security minister decries ruling, calls cop who threw stun grenade at anti-government protesters a ‘talented and respected’ officer who ‘fell prey to the judicial system’
By Charlie Summers
Police work to remove protesters from the road in front of the Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv, May 28, 2025. (Yael Gadot/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
June 10, 2025, 1:14 am
‘Violent thugs’: Netanyahu denounces protesters who recently broke into Likud HQ
PM accuses anti-government demonstrators of having ‘destroyed everything in their way’ during May 28 incident, though none have been charged with violent offenses
By ToI Staff
Anti-government, pro-hostage deal protesters rally outside the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, May 31, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 7, 2025, 5:34 pm
Ahead of weekly rallies, hostages’ families decry plans for partial deal
Some accuse Netanyahu of focusing on politics instead of ending war
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators set fire to placards during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of hostages held captive in Gaza, outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on May 31, 2025. (Jack Guez/AFP)
June 1, 2025, 2:52 am
Another ‘Schindler’s List’: Ex-captives, bereaved families reject new partial deal offer
In weekly rallies, slain hostage’s dad says he told PM he’s ‘causing wars within our nation’; teens Or and Yagil Yaakov recount horror of captivity, plead for father’s body to be returned
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
MK Ayman Odeh speaks at an anti-war rally in Haifa, May 31, 2025. (Ayman Odeh/X)
June 1, 2025, 1:14 am
‘Gaza has won, and Gaza will win’: Arab MK’s speech at anti-war rally draws outrage
Hadash-Ta’al leader Ayman Odeh tells Haifa crowd Israel is committing genocide; right-wing politicians accuse him of backing Hamas; Odeh doubles down: ‘Annihilation is not victory’
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest against the government and for the release of the hostages held captive in the Gaza Strip, outside the Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv, May 28, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
May 30, 2025, 2:18 pm
All 61 protesters arrested at ‘600 days of failure’ protests released
Detainees kept in Salameh police station; all given restraining order from Likud HQ, 14 required to post NIS 1,800 bond
By Jeremy Sharon
A rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Hostages Square, in Tel Aviv, May 28, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 29, 2025, 1:41 am
‘600 days of failure’: Thousands join nationwide rallies urging hostages’ release
At Hostages Square protest, freed captive Iair Horn recalls fear of death while in Hamas captivity; 62 protesters arrested after storming Likud party HQ, clashing with police
By Jessica Steinberg, Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Prominent left-wing activist Alon-Lee Green is arrested by police during anti-war protest in Sderot, near the Gaza border on May 19, 2025. (Standing Together Movement/Courtesy)
May 25, 2025, 4:24 pm
Activists say attempts to keep left-wing protesters in jail aim at stifling dissent
Police asked to keep demonstrators arrested at an anti-war rally this month behind bars for a week, while right-wing protesters against aid to Gaza were questioned and let go
By Charlie Summers
Released hostage Naama Levy speaks at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, on May 24, 2025. (Alon Gilboa/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
May 25, 2025, 1:57 am
Ex-hostage Naama Levy tells rally her greatest fear in captivity was IDF airstrikes
‘I was convinced every single time that I was finished,’ former captive says of Israeli bombings, as she addresses thousands-strong crowd; hundreds at vigil for killed Gaza children
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Protesters at Habima Square in Tel Aviv lighting their flashlights as they send a prayer for the safety of hostages in Gaza, May 17, 2025 (Adar Eyal)
May 24, 2025, 4:30 pm
Israelis rallying around country for hostage deal as Doha negotiations hit impasse
Annual march in Kiryat Bialik held in honor of hostage soldier Matan Angrest: ‘We won’t stop praying that he march alongside us here soon’
By ToI Staff
Protesters at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv call for the release of hostages, May 17, 2025 (Paulina Patimer)
May 17, 2025, 9:09 pm
Protesters across Israel demand hostage deal as IDF launches new offensive
Captive’s mother threatens ‘all-out war’ on government if deal blocked; relatives appeal to Trump to force a truce; Netanyahu supporters attack protesters at Rehovot rally
By ToI Staff
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