Mass protests erupt in Israel as IDF readies plans to occupy Gaza City

[Mosby]

JERUSALEM — Hundreds of thousands of Israelis stayed home from work, flooded city streets and blocked roads and highways across the country on Sunday, according to local media, staging some of the largest anti-war protests in months as the military prepares for a major assault on Gaza City, the humanitarian crisis there deepens and anxiety mounts over the conditions of the hostages still in captivity.

The widespread strike on Sunday, a work day in Israel, was organized by the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum, an umbrella group representing many families of current or former Israeli hostages. The group called for action in response to the government’s decision this month to seize control of Gaza’s largest city, an operation that could take months and involve the forced displacement of an estimated 1 million Palestinians.

Senior military leaders and a growing number of Israeli citizens oppose the plan, worried that it would endanger the 20 hostages authorities presume are still alive, strain army resources and erode prospects for recovering the bodies of 30 more hostages who were either killed in the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, or died while in captivity.

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[DavidDvorkin]

1. Netanyahu will ignore the will of the people for as long as he can

I assume he's hoping that he'll be able to replace the Attorney General with a stooge before he's forced from office, so that the stooge will then not prosecute him.

[IronLionZion]

2. Those hundreds of thousands of Israelis are anti-semitic Hamas supporters

[lostincalifornia]

3. Just like those who protested after the October 7 massacre protesting Hamas...

oh wait, just the opposite happened. The DSA marched in NY celebrating what Hamas did, some professors from prestigious universities cheered what Hamas did, and way too many protests in this county followed suit, with some justifying what Hamas did.