An Al Jazeera correspondent reported that about two thousand Israelis demonstrated, today, Monday, in front of the headquarters The Knesset The headquarters of the Israeli government in occupied Jerusalem, to demand the overthrow of the current government, due to its failure to respond October 7th attack Past and return of prisoners detained in Gaza.
Tens of thousands had participated in a day-long protest gathering in Tel Aviv to demand the return of Israeli prisoners from Gaza, as the city witnessed the largest demonstration since the start of the war, in an effort to pressure the government to make the detainees file a priority.
This comes as the Israeli opposition leader said Yair Lapid The Prime Minister’s government Benjamin Netanyahu “Unfit to manage the state and war,” and that it was the reason “we were caught in The Hague,” in reference to the genocide claim filed by South Africa against Israel. At the International Court of Justice.
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Lapid added – in a tweet on the
He explained, “This government is not fit to manage the war, and Netanyahu is not fit to run the country.”
He pointed out, “In the face of challenges, we need a much smaller government and a much larger army, and Cabinet meetings still constitute a disgraceful spectacle of exchanges, bickering, and discussions that lead to nothing.”
He stressed that “Netanyahu has lost confidence”joe biden“The friendliest American president who has ever sat in the White House,” he said.
He continued, “Netanyahu has lost control of his ministers and extremist members of the Knesset, and they are the ones who are causing us irreparable harm on the international scene.”
In reference to his party,There is a futureLapid said, “The party is ready at any moment to give 24 votes to an alternative government with a different prime minister… If that is not the case, we have to go to early elections, and return with a different government, and it is impossible to continue with the current government, rather it must be expelled.” .
Widespread criticism
It is noteworthy that the Netanyahu government is being widely criticized in Israeli circles, as a result of its failure to predict in advance the attack launched by Islamic Resistance Movement fighters (agitation) on the settlements surrounding the Gaza Strip on October 7, and in the release of detainees in the Strip.
Media reports also revealed – 100 days after the war – the eruption of sharp disagreements and conflicts within the emergency government and the war council, the last of which was the participation of a member of the council. Benny Gantz In a massive demonstration in Tel Aviv opposing the government, and leaks of quarrels taking place within the Council after Netanyahu prevented the Director of the Defense Minister’s Office Yoav Galant From attending one of his sessions.
Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy was also subjected to a harsh attack by far-right ministers in the government due to the formation of a committee to investigate the events of last October 7.