Protesters clash with police in Jerusalem & Tel Aviv on eve of 2nd hearing in Netanyahu’s corruption trial (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
19 Jul, 2020
Scuffles have broken out between police and protesters who took to the Israeli streets on Sunday, including to PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem, demanding he resign and lambasting his coronavirus response.
Police used water cannon and mounted units to disperse crowds in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as thousands of protesters demanded Netanyahu’s resignation over corruption charges, as well as demonstrating against the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A big crowd marched to Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem for the fourth time this week.
The latest protests against Netanyahu came the day before the second hearing in his trial on charges of fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes.
The government on Friday announced new restrictions over Covid-19, which has taken a heavy economic toll on the country.
Protesters argued that instead of taking action to avoid a second wave of the disease, the Israeli leader had been more preoccupied with his own legal woes.
“Instead of planning a fight against the justice system, you should have been planning to fight against unemployment,” one of the speakers at the anti-government rally in Tel Aviv’s Charles Clore Park said, as cited by the Jerusalem Post.
Police arrested some protesters in Tel Aviv, where demonstrators blocked roads and threw objects at officers. At least one officer was allegedly pepper-sprayed.
Protesters clash with police in Jerusalem & Tel Aviv on eve of 2nd hearing
in Netanyahu’s corruption trial (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
19 Jul, 2020
Scuffles have broken out between police and protesters who took to the
Israeli streets on Sunday, including to PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s official
residence in Jerusalem, demanding he resign and lambasting his coronavirus
response.
Police used water cannon and mounted units to disperse crowds in Jerusalem
and Tel Aviv as thousands of protesters demanded Netanyahu’s resignation
over corruption charges, as well as demonstrating against the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A big crowd marched to Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem for the fourth time this week.
The latest protests against Netanyahu came the day before the second hearing in his trial on charges of fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes.
The government on Friday announced new restrictions over Covid-19, which has taken a heavy economic toll on the country.
Protesters argued that instead of taking action to avoid a second wave of
the disease, the Israeli leader had been more preoccupied with his own legal woes.
“Instead of planning a fight against the justice system, you should have
been planning to fight against unemployment,” one of the speakers at the
anti-government rally in Tel Aviv’s Charles Clore Park said, as cited by
the Jerusalem Post.
Police arrested some protesters in Tel Aviv, where demonstrators blocked
roads and threw objects at officers. At least one officer was allegedly
pepper-sprayed.
以色列的疫情二波段这么厉害，原来还有政治因素
以色列也在变烂