On Saturday evening, thousands of people marched in cities across Israel. All these Israelis gathered again to express their anger following the government’s lack of action since October 7 on the hostage issue. In Tel Aviv, three separate demonstrations took place: one to demand the rapid return of people held in Gaza, another to demand a ceasefire, against the war, and a last, that of the “anti-Bibi” demanding early elections and the departure of Benyamin Netanyahu.
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With our special correspondent in Tel Aviv, Alice Froussard
“ Shame “, ” shame “, chant the demonstrators gathered in Habima Square in Tel Aviv. Khinaya, in her fifties, traveled from Eilat, where her children live, who were previously in towns near Gaza.
In his hands, a sign in Hebrew. “ What is written on it? That we want a vote. A vote now! », she exclaims.
This Israeli woman points out that the government is not helping anything. Benyamin Netanyahu and his ministers must leave, considers Khinaya.
Further, Manu is categorical: “ Israeli Prime Minister takes hostages hostage “, he said. “ They have no chance of getting out alive because of Netanyahu. If they come out alive, it means it will be the end of Netanyahu as prime minister. And that’s really the last thing he wants. »
In this square, some are calling for elections, a resignation, but everyone wants the same thing, assures Manu, to put an end to the one nicknamed “Bibi”. “ On a day like this, when it was cold and rainy, people left their homes and came here, and to other cities, all over the country. In Haifa, Jerusalem, Beersheba, Netanya, Hadera, everywhere. So, we hope it happens quickly. »
Around the crowd, some demonstrators were attacked by government defenders, a sign of the division of Israeli society.
Israel brought hostages back alive only when there was a ceasefire for a few days. So for them to return home, we need a ceasefire.
David, 25, wants “peace for all people who live from the Jordan River to the sea”
Clashes between demonstrators and police this Saturday
Around 200 protesters clashed with police on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv, the daily reports Haaretz. Police forcibly removed protesters who repeatedly attempted to block the road, and some of them were arrested. Note also that a police officer was filmed today beating a demonstrator during a demonstration in Jerusalem, again according to the Israeli newspaper.
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