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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as then-defense minister Naftali Bennett and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri confer, during a meeting of right-wing party leaders at the Knesset following election day, on March 4, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
David Horovitz
Op-ed
David Horovitz
Protests to the left, Bennett to the right, Netanyahu troubled only if they meet
The demos are growing, as is support for the PM’s longtime rival. But these are disparate challenges that spell danger to his rule only if they find a way to complement each other
Jerusalem municipality workers and police officers seen evacuating demonstrators who built a protest tent camp, against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Independence Park, Jerusalem, August 9, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Protesters claim Jerusalem municipality using heavy hand to clear campsites
By Anat Peled
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as then-defense minister Naftali Bennett and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri confer, during a meeting of right-wing party leaders at the Knesset following election day, on March 4, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 13, 2020, 1:31 pm
Protests to the left, Bennett to the right, Netanyahu troubled only if they meet
The demos are growing, as is support for the PM’s longtime rival. But these are disparate challenges that spell danger to his rule only if they find a way to complement each other
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on November 20, 2019 (left), Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit addresses the press in Jerusalem on November 21, 2019. (Gali Tibon, Menahem Kahana / AFP)
August 13, 2020, 12:19 am
Netanyahu meets AG after claiming he’s not taking threats against PM seriously
Following bitter exchange and amid tensions over his criminal indictment, premier meets with Mandelblit for first parlay since March
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara at a welcoming ceremony for the Brazilian president at Ben Gurion Airport on March 31, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 12, 2020, 7:55 pm
Women’s rights groups, activists bash Sara Netanyahu for claim she is ‘battered’
PM’s wife criticized for claiming to experience ‘sexual violence’ from protesters; MKs respond to her claims that they won’t condemn threats against her
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at the swearing in ceremony of the 23rd government in the Knesset on May 17, 2020. (Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90)
August 12, 2020, 4:58 pm
PM’s wife says she’s been battered, experienced ‘sexual violence’ from protests
Sara Netanyahu says she fears for her life, and urges all to condemn threats; womens’ group head accuses her of cheapening actual domestic violence
By TOI staff
Protestors against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem on August 8, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 12, 2020, 1:14 pm
Anti-Netanyahu protests draw in angry, exasperated political novices
Rallies include young, middle-class Israelis with little history of political activity but who oppose the prime minister’s scandal-plagued rule and handling of coronavirus crisis
By Josef Federman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with then-Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, September 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Menahem Kahana, Pool)
August 11, 2020, 8:49 pm
Netanyahu says AG ignoring threats to him, family; Mandelblit: A baseless claim
PM asserts Mandelblit ‘allowing spilling of family’s blood’; the latter notes 29 probes opened into threats, adds leaders must ‘tone down bluster and discourse of hatred’
By TOI staff
Jerusalem municipality workers and police officers seen evacuating demonstrators who built a protest tent camp, against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Independence Park, Jerusalem, August 9, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 10, 2020, 10:00 pm
Protesters claim Jerusalem municipality using heavy hand to clear campsites
Independence Park site emptied multiple times, with activists saying municipal workers use force and confiscate personal belongings illegally; city says they are a public nuisance
By Anat Peled
The Last Supper created by performing artists, a lasting image from the July 14, 2020 protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Courtesy Omer Burin)
August 10, 2020, 6:05 am
Stripped of work, their futures at stake, artists make the protests a show
Singers, musicians, theater performers and others have made Jerusalem’s streets their stage, as they vent their anger and frustration after months of unemployment and despondency
By Jessica Steinberg
Yona Avrushmi, center, who killed protester Emil Grunzweig with a grenade thrown at a peace rally in 1983, on the day of his release from prison after serving a life sentence on January 26, 2011. (Flash90)
August 10, 2020, 2:30 am
Police to probe peace activist’s killer for inciting against anti-PM protesters
Decision comes after organizers of rallies outside Netanyahu residence filed complaint against Yona Avrushmi over threats aired in TV interview
By TOI staff
Protesters try to stop municipal officials from confiscating equipment from anti-Netanyahu encampment in Independence Park, Jerusalem, August 9, 2020. (screen grab/Kan)
August 9, 2020, 1:18 pm
Clashes as police clear protest encampment near Netanyahu residence for 5th time
Organizers say 2 protesters lightly injured; police say one arrested for disorderly conduct, possession of knife; municipality charges encampment was outside designated area
By TOI staff
Yona Avrushmi, center, who killed protester Emil Grunzweig with a grenade thrown at a peace rally in 1983, on the day of his release from prison after serving a life sentence on January 26, 2011. (Flash90)
August 9, 2020, 12:26 pm
Likud minister: Arrest peace activist’s killer for his latest incitement
Yuval Steinitz says he still has fragments in his leg from grenade Yona Avrushmi tossed at demonstration, urges investigation of his recent calls to harm anti-Netanyahu protesters
By TOI staff
Thousands protest against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of his official residence in Jerusalem, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
August 9, 2020, 5:18 am
Joining anti-Netanyahu protests, right-wingers vent frustrations at premier
While still a small contingent compared to majority of protesters, some who once voted for the Likud leader are making common cause with those on the left in calling for him to go
By Aaron Boxerman and Anat Peled
Thousands protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem on August 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 8, 2020, 6:47 pm
‘Let my people go’: Thousands gather in new round of anti-Netanyahu protests
Rallies held outside PM’s homes and at overpasses across Israel as part of ongoing demonstrations against premier over his indictment on graft charges, handling of pandemic
By Aaron Boxerman and TOI staff
Yona Avrushmi, who served 27 years in prison for killing activist Emil Grunzweig at a 1983 peace rally by throwing a hand grande into the crowd, as seen in an August 2020 TV report. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
August 8, 2020, 12:36 pm
Arrest him: Protesters file incitement complaint against peace activist’s killer
Anti-Netanyahu protest group demands immediate arrest of Yona Avrushmi after he calls them ‘germs’ and suggests counter-demonstrators ‘know exactly what to do’
By TOI staff
Yona Avrushmi, who in 1983 murdered Peace Now activist Emil Grunzweig at a protest, on his release from the Hadarim prison on January 26, 2011. (Flash90)
August 8, 2020, 9:57 am
Peace activist’s killer calls anti-Netanyahu protesters ‘germs’ to be dealt with
Ahead of Saturday rallies, Yona Avrushmi, who in 1983 lobbed grenade into left-wing rally, killing Emil Grunzweig, has no plans to attend but says others ‘know exactly what to do’
By TOI staff
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