Netanyahu is in the operations room and the protests are approaching his home.. Israel is facing the largest protests since October 7

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Basant Al-Sharqawi


Published on: Monday, April 1, 2024 – 10:38 AM | Last updated: Monday, April 1, 2024 – 10:40 AM

Yesterday, Sunday, Israel witnessed the largest protests against its government since the outbreak of the Gaza war on October 7, as families of prisoners held by Hamas joined demonstrators calling for the overthrow of the government of Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu throughout the occupied interior, especially in Tel Aviv and Haifa, according to the report. British Guardian.

The protest organizers called for the resignation of occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, early elections, and the occupation leaders’ approval of a prisoner exchange deal, leading to the release of 130 detainees held by Hamas.

The Times of Israel newspaper indicated that the protests will be centered around the Knesset but will also be held in other major locations, including near Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem.

– Who supports the protest against Netanyahu?

The British newspaper “The Sunday Telegraph” said that the families of more than 130 detainees distanced themselves from the anti-government protests that peaked last year against the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, but after 6 months of war, and with no sign of a prisoner deal, the two groups met. Yesterday evening, Saturday, when tens of thousands took to the streets to demand elections.

Nadav Salzberger, from the “Generation Change” movement that is leading the Tel Aviv protests, explained to the “Telegraph” newspaper, “What we saw the day before yesterday, Saturday, was an explosion of underground currents that reached the boiling point. Hundreds of thousands of refugees throughout Israel, the families of the 134 prisoners who… “Their dream of seeing their loved ones is diminishing, and Israelis are tired of the most incompetent government in the country’s history.”

For the first time since the war began, protest organizations united in a call to demonstrate in Jerusalem during the last week of the winter session of the Knesset, after a few weeks in which some of them began returning to the streets.

Israeli newspapers indicated that the return of all protest organizations, including “Kaplan Force”, “Brothers and Sisters of Arms”, “High-Tech Protest” and “Punto Organization”, aims first and foremost to raise the morale of the demonstrators to oust Netanyahu. And holding early elections.

Moshe Radman, a high-tech entrepreneur and one of the leaders of the protest against the government’s judicial reform, said the goal of the demonstration was to demand a deadline to set a date for early elections, after Israel’s Independence Day, which falls on May 13-14.

Dozens of tents for protesters appeared in front of the Israeli Knesset, with heavy police security for fear of raids.

– The Israeli Central Bank: There is a need to recruit Haredi Jews to help the economy

Yesterday, Sunday, the Israeli Central Bank warned of economic damage unless more ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are recruited into the army, thus opening a controversial issue that causes a rift in Netanyahu’s wartime government, as the government coalition is formed of extremist religious parties that reject… Recruitment of Haredim into the army under the pretext of worship.

The Central Bank continued, in its annual report for the year 2023, that the occupation war against the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas” in the Gaza Strip, which began on the seventh of last October, highlighted the army’s need for more recruits, and added a burden on the economy due to the sharp increase in the number of days Service that will be required for both conscripts and reservists.

– Netanyahu undergoes surgery

A statement issued by Netanyahu’s office yesterday, Sunday, said that he will undergo surgery on the same day to treat a hernia discovered by his doctors.

Netanyahu will be completely anesthetized after doctors discovered the hernia “during a regular examination,” and the statement said, “During this period, Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Yariv Levin will assume the duties of prime minister.”

– Fighting rages in the Gaza Strip

As the Israeli war of annihilation against the residents of the Gaza Strip approached its sixth month, health officials in the Strip reported that the Israeli military bombing resulted in the deaths of dozens of Palestinians throughout the Strip.

This comes as Egypt hosted an Israeli delegation to hold a new round of talks in an attempt to secure a truce with Hamas.

According to France 24, negotiations intensified, mediated by Egypt and Qatar, about suspending the Israeli attack for a period of 6 weeks in exchange for the release of 40 out of 130 Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza.

Meanwhile, a Hamas official confirmed on Sunday that the movement has not yet taken a decision on whether it will send a delegation to new negotiations in Doha or Cairo with the aim of reaching a truce in the war with Israel in Gaza.

The official, who requested to remain anonymous, said: “There is no intention or decision in Hamas yet to send a Hamas delegation to a new round of negotiations in Cairo or Doha.”

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