JERUSALEM, Aug 9 — Thousands of Israelis rallied outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem yesterday as anger mounted over corruption allegations and his handling of the coronavirus crisis. “Your time is up,” read the giant letters projected on to a building at the...
Sunday, 09 Aug 2020 08:16 AM MYT
“Your time is up,” read the giant letters projected on to a building at the protest site, as demonstrators waved Israeli flags and called on Netanyahu to resign over what they say is his failure to protect jobs and businesses affected by the pandemic. Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party yesterday called the protests “left-wing riots” and accused Israel's popular Channel 12 news of “doing everything it can to encourage the far-left demonstrations” of the premier's opponents.
On a busy highway overpass north of Israel's commercial hub of Tel Aviv, demonstrators waved black flags and chanted slogans while cars honked their horns from the road below.
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