Thousands throng central Jerusalem in anti-Netanyahu protest

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Thousands of demonstrators thronged the streets near the official residence of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in central Jerusalem on Saturday night&comma; in a renewed show of strength as weeks of protests against the Israeli leader showed no signs of slowing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Throughout the summer&comma; thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets&comma; calling for Mr Netanyahu to resign&comma; protesting against his handling of the country’s coronavirus crisis and saying he should not remain in office while on trial for corruption charges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Self-employed workers whose businesses have been hurt by the economic crisis also joined Saturday’s march&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Though Mr Netanyahu has tried to downplay the protests&comma; the gatherings only appear to be getting stronger&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Jerusalem on Saturday&comma; protesters held Israeli flags&comma; blew horns and chanted slogans against him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some held posters that said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Crime Minister” or called him out of touch&period; A large banner projected onto a nearby building said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Balfour is in our hands”&comma; a reference to the street where Mr Netanyahu lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The demonstrators accuse him of corruption and the country’s bloated coalition government of failing to recognise the suffering of its citizens&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An estimated 1&comma;000 also protested near Mr Netanyahu’s beach house in the upmarket coastal town of Caesaria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There was a heavy police presence at the demonstrations but no reports of violence in the loud but orderly protests&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The rallies against Mr etanyahu are the largest Israel has seen since 2011 protests over the country’s high cost of living&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Netanyahu has dismissed the demonstrators as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;leftists” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;anarchists” and inciting violence against him&period; He also accuses the local media of strengthening the demonstrations by giving them heavy coverage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Netanyahu’s son&comma; Yair&comma; this week caused a public uproar when he described the protesters as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;aliens”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many protesters Saturday dressed up as visitors from outer space to mock the comments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed0a451e290">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed0a451e290'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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