An Tel Aviv Tribune correspondent reported that about two thousand Israelis demonstrated, today, Monday, in front of the Knesset headquarters and the Israeli government headquarters in occupied Jerusalem, to demand the overthrow of the current government, due to its failure to repel the attack of last October 7 and return the prisoners detained in Gaza.
Tens of thousands had participated in a day-long protest gathering in Tel Aviv to demand the return of Israeli prisoners from Gaza, as the city witnessed the largest demonstration since the start of the war, in an effort to pressure the government to make the detainees file a priority.
This comes as Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is “unfit to manage the state and war,” and that it was the reason for “trapping us in The Hague,” in reference to the genocide lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
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Lapid added – in a tweet on the
He explained, “This government is not fit to manage the war, and Netanyahu is not fit to run the country.”
He pointed out, “In the face of challenges, we need a much smaller government and a much larger army, and Cabinet meetings still constitute a disgraceful spectacle of exchanges, bickering, and discussions that lead to nothing.”
He stressed that “Netanyahu has lost the trust of (Joe Biden), the friendliest American president among those who have ever sat in the White House,” as he put it.
He continued, “Netanyahu has lost control of his ministers and extremist members of the Knesset, and they are the ones who are causing us irreparable harm on the international scene.”
Referring to his “There is a Future” party, Lapid said, “The party is ready at any moment to give 24 votes to an alternative government with a different prime minister… If that is not the case, we have to go to early elections and return with a different government, and it is impossible to continue with the current government.” “She should be expelled.”
Widespread criticism
It is noteworthy that Netanyahu’s government is being widely criticized in Israeli circles, as a result of its failure to predict in advance the attack launched by fighters of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on the settlements around the Gaza Strip on October 7, and to release detainees in the Strip.
Media reports – 100 days after the war – also revealed the eruption of sharp disagreements and conflicts within the emergency government and the war council, the most recent of which was the participation of council member Benny Gantz in a massive demonstration in Tel Aviv opposing the government, and leaks of quarrels taking place within the council after Netanyahu prevented the director of the Defense Minister’s office. Yoav Galant attended one of his sessions.
Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy was also subjected to a harsh attack by far-right ministers in the government due to the formation of a committee to investigate the events of last October 7.