Tens of thousands rally against Netanyahu government in Jerusalem

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Source: reuters




By Dedi Hayun
March 31, 2024 12:49 PM CDT Updated 6 hours ago

JERUSALEM, March 31 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Jerusalem on Sunday against Benjamin Netanyahu's government and against exemptions granted to ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from military service, in scenes reminiscent of mass street protests last year.


Protest groups, including some that led the mass demonstrations that rocked Israel in 2023, organised the rally outside parliament, the Knesset, calling for a new election to replace the government.

The protesters also want a more equal share in the burden of army service that binds most Israelis. Around 600 soldiers have been killed so far since the Hamas attack of Oct. 7 and the ensuing war in Gaza, the military's highest casualty toll in years.

Israel's N12 News said it appeared to be the largest demonstration since the war began. Haaretz and Ynet news sites said it drew tens of thousands of people...............................

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/tens-thousands-rally-against-netanyahu-government-jerusalem-2024-03-31/

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Bibi knows that he would lose if there are new elections

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[prodigitalson]

2. good start

glad to see this

[Think. Again.]

3. K&R

[bahboo]

4. don't stop until this murderous fucker is gone...

[patphil]

5. Netanyahu has finally pushed the situation in Gaza and on the West Bank too far.

The people of Israel are beginning to realize that he is as much a problem as Hamas.
They may be the only ones who can stop the invasion of the city of Rafah.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. That's great, but the only thing that will force him out is the collapse of his coalition

That could happen because of the haredi draft.

There's also illness, but there's no sign of that.

[slightlv]

7. I haven't read the article

Will do that later... But from what I see on this page is they're protesting because of what perceive as injustice against them. I agree bibi must go, but its because if his dictatorial bloodthirstiness to my mind. This is s proxy war, tho... Just like all our wars seem to be anymore.

[TeamProg]

8. Is it a fair observation that they (Israeli soldiers) only care about the war

when THEY start dying?

Seems to be the truth.

Sick.

HISTORY WILL NOT BE KIND!

(Edit: Call them “potential soldiers”)

[Beastly Boy]

13. No, it is NOT a fair observation.

The premise is completely made up. There is no truth or basis to it. Israeli soldiers have been dying for 75 years. And it is the civilians who are protesting the Netanyahu government, as they have been since way before the war.

This post doesn't have a single fair observation in it.

[Aussie105]

9. I wonder how any protestors

are protesting because they believe in what Israel is doing, but just don't want to end up in the front lines doing the dirty work.

Or how many really are against the whole thing.

[Beastly Boy]

14. Service in IDF is compulsoryb for nearly all Israelis, men and women, Jews and Arabs.

It is extremely unlikely to find an Israeli who hasn't been in the front lines.

I am not sure what you mean by "what Israel is doing", but you can plainly read that the Israelis are protesting the current government, not their conscription status.

[TeamProg]

16. Protesters want FAIR conscription. And they don't want to die for Netanyahu's

War Crimes.

[Beastly Boy]

17. Like I said, they are not protesting THEIR conscription status.

And I haven't read any mentions of them not wanting to die for netanyahu's war crimes, so I have no idea where this is coming from.

Ok, I heard it from you, but you are not protesting nor are you being conscripted into IDF. So I still have no idea where you get your info.

[TeamProg]

10. KNR!

[TeamProg]

11. Netanyahu can have Slobodan's cell at The Hague!

HISTORY WILL NOT BE KIND!!!!

[AZLD4Candidate]

12. wait. . .you mean Israel isn't a genocidal apartheid state what wants to complete destruction of palestinians?

I'm confused. As a Jew, that's what I've been told I started and caused.

But if Israelis are protesting Bibi. . .does that mean they ALL dont support the apartheid state?

But I thought Israel was the worst country on the planet, worse than North Korea.

[DavidDvorkin]

15. It's very confusing

I'm sure there are people on DU who could explain how Israel is thoroughly evil despite these demonstations. Perhaps they'll be along to do so.

[Beastly Boy]

18. Zionists protesting a zionist regime

Apartheid state protesting apartheid government

Perpetrators of colonial wars protesting colonialist policies.

War mongers calling for cease fire.

Nobody charging random owners of falafel joints with genocide.

And not a single Hamas apologist among them.

I think none of these demonstrators understand what "resistance" really means.

[AZLD4Candidate]

19. Nobody targeting Muslim university students because they are the same religion as Hamas.