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Anti-government protesters march on Begin Road to Habima Square in Tel Aviv, December 6, 2025. (Lior Segev/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
December 7, 2025, 2:36 am
Weekly anti-government protests take center stage after end of weekly hostage rallies
Protesters focus on demand for state commission of inquiry, equal military conscription laws, while others rally down south to ensure final captive, Ran Gvili, is not forgotten
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Thousands of people protest against the Israeli government at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on January 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2023, 12:28 pm
Organizers expect greater turnout at Tel Aviv protest this weekend after Deri ruling
Fair weather plus anger over coalition’s reaction to High Court seen likely to fuel attendance at 2 locations in Tel Aviv, as well as rallies in Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba
By ToI Staff
A banner reading 'No freedom, no high tech' displayed at an anti-government protest in Tel Aviv, January 14, 2023. (Times of Israel)
January 15, 2023, 11:21 am
Protest leaders urge strike action to pressure government against judicial overhaul
Former Meretz MK Yair Golan vows to bring economy to a halt until coalition drops changes; Black Flag protest group leader says some businesses are preparing for industrial action
By ToI Staff
Anti-government protesters in Tel Aviv, January 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
January 15, 2023, 4:42 am
Protesters vow to continue as coalition lawmakers dismiss massive Tel Aviv rally
Organizers say ‘we’ve only just begun’ after 80,000 demonstrate against government’s judicial remake; Netanyahu allies downplay protests, accuse media of bias
By ToI Staff
This combination of photos shows Yair Netanyahu (L) and former MK Stav Shafir attending a court hearing in Tel Aviv, November 29, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 29, 2022, 7:16 pm
Yair Netanyahu booted from court, curses ex-MK in opening hearing of mutual lawsuits
In court, prime minister-designate’s son calls Stav Shaffir a ‘bitch’ as former Labor lawmaker tells opposition attorneys that she has no hope their client will alter his behavior
By ToI Staff
An anti-Netanyahu protester after he was assaulted in Hod Hasharon on September 17, 2022. (Courtesy)
September 18, 2022, 2:10 am
Anti-Netanyahu protesters assaulted at two roadside demonstrations
Police open probe after victims say they were struck with motorcycle helmets near Hod Hasharon; in 2nd incident, protester says she was spit on by suspect who set her sign on fire
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of a protesters falling to the ground as two people throw rocks at a demonstration against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Rishon Lezion, September 4, 2022. (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 4, 2022, 9:19 am
Father and teen son arrested for hurling rocks at anti-Netanyahu protesters
Police say pair are residents of Rishon Lezion, where Saturday’s attack took place
By ToI Staff
A man prepares to throw a rock at participants of a rally against former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, at Gesher Rishonim between Rishon Lezion and Ness Ziona, September 3, 2022. (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 4, 2022, 12:47 am
2 anti-Netanyahu protesters injured as rocks hurled at participants of weekly rally
Organizer of protest against Likud party leader says pair of assailants cursed demonstrators from below, then arrived on bridge and attacked them
By Michael Horovitz
Yair Netanyahu greeted by supporters as he arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court on April 24, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
April 24, 2022, 6:19 pm
Yair Netanyahu takes the stand in libel suit, calls proceedings ‘Kafkaesque’
Former PM’s son, who alleged ‘Crime Minister’ protest group was funded by foreign figures and likened them to Nazi militas, tells court his tweets were within reasonable bounds
By ToI Staff
Yair Netanyahu, son of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court hearing on a defamation suit, in Tel Aviv, November 29, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 29, 2021, 5:23 pm
Court hears Yair Netanyahu’s and ex-MK’s mutual lawsuits over Twitter spat
Stav Shaffir suing former PM’s son over disparaging tweets she says were also sexually degrading; Netanyahu seeking damages for her insulting responses
By ToI Staff
People protest against then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem on January 16, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 25, 2021, 2:13 pm
Anti-Netanyahu protest group closes shop after ex-PM ousted: ‘We won’
With swearing in of new government that saw Israel’s longest-serving premier replaced, Black Flag movement declares ‘immediate threat to Israeli democracy has been removed’
By ToI Staff
An anti-government protester wears a mask on the back of his head outside of the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the day his corruption trial was originally scheduled before it was postponed, in Jerusalem, January 13, 2021. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
January 13, 2021, 10:59 am
Protesters stage early-morning torch-lit rally outside Netanyahu’s residence
7 arrested as demonstrators lament delay of hearing in PM’s corruption trial due to coronavirus lockdown; organizers claim other hearings continuing, courtroom specially equipped
By ToI Staff and AP
Likud MK Miki Zohar reacts during a meeting at the Knesset, January 13, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 7, 2021, 4:37 pm
Top Likud MK compares mob that stormed Capitol to anti-Netanyahu protesters
Coalition whip Miki Zohar ponders which of two is more damaging to democracy; Rivlin urges Israelis not to let divisions lead them to kind of violence seen in Washington
By ToI Staff
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