Hundreds of thousands protest in Israel over move into Gaza City.

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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. . . .

“Enough is enough,” said Aya Shilon-Hadass, a doctor at Sheba Tel HaShomer Medical Center who joined hundreds of health workers at a march in Tel Aviv. “You can’t build a society or trust one another when our brothers and sisters are abandoned, while the bloodshed continues on both sides. The war must stop.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/17/israel-protests-gaza-occupation/

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1. Bibi is an asshole who has used October 7 to stay in power too long

A large number of American Jews cannot stand Bibi and it seems that the same is true with Israelis

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