Most of those Israelis who are protesting Israel’s war on Gaza’s Palestinians are protesting Netanyahu’s conduct of the war, not the slaughter. Many think there hasn’t been enough slaughter. From Steven Sahiounie at strategic-culture.su:
Netnayahu plans to run Gaza as a permanent concentration camp. He can do that because he knows President Joe Biden and the U.S. Congress will never stop sending money and weapons to Israel.
Israelis are in the streets protesting against their government. Their grievances are many, and the protesters might be standing shoulder to shoulder with a fellow Israeli citizen, but have very different reasons for coming out on cold February nights.
Mounted Israeli security services have used water cannons, and batons against protesters, and many have been arrested for something that in a democratic country should be tolerated, and admired as a basic right. On Saturday night in Tel Aviv, the police arrested 21 persons protesting.
The biggest group of protesters are angry that the Netanyahu government has not done more to secure the release of the hostages who are held captive in Gaza. With the number of hostages killed by Israeli bombing in Gaza growing, the families and supporters of the hostages want an immediate release of the hostages, and they know that requires negotiations with Hamas. But, Netanyahu has rejected the hostage release deal presented by the U.S. through Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Their slogan is “Choose the lives of our loved ones”.
Many of the protesters have focused their wrath of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who they view as a convicted corrupt politician, who is prolonging the war in order to save himself from jail. This group are pro-democracy and the protests, in which 719 were arrested, prior to the October 7 attack are fresh in their mind. From January to October 2023, large-scale protests took place across Israel in response to the government’s push for a wide-ranging judicial reform which would strip democracy from Israel through the subversion of the Supreme Court. This pro-democracy group are calling for the immediate resignation of Netanyahu.
Their slogan is “You are in charge; you are guilty”.
