Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against Benjamin Netanyahu, corruption

[Abdullah719]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - About 20,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against government corruption and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is under criminal investigation over allegations of abuse of office.

The demonstration was by far the largest of weekly anti-corruption protests sparked by corruption allegations against Netanyahu, who denies any wrongdoing.

The four-term leader is suspected of involvement in two cases. The first involves receiving gifts from wealthy businessmen and the second involves negotiating a deal with a newspaper owner for better coverage in return for curbs on a rival daily.

Saturday’s protest was prompted by a draft law expected to be ratified by parliament next week, which would bar police from publishing its findings in two investigations of Netanyahu.

A Reuters cameraman and Israeli media put the number of demonstrators at about 20,000. Police would not provide an official estimate.

Critics say the draft law is a blatant attempt to protect Netanyahu and keep the public in the dark about his investigation. Supporters of the legislation say it is meant to protect suspects’ rights.

Netanyahu has said he has no interest in promoting personal legislation but he has not ordered its two sponsors, close confidants in his Likud party, to withdraw the bill.

Netanyahu has described himself as a victim of a political witch hunt and said of the cases against him: “There will be nothing because there is nothing.”

If charged, he would come under heavy pressure to resign or could call an election to test whether he still had a mandate.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...st-against-netanyahu-corruption-idUSKBN1DW0Q8

 

[King-Misbah]

How can they do this against a democratic elected Prime Minister? This is a conspiracy against democracy

 

[Abdullah719]

Tens of Thousands of Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu in Second March of Shame

Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest against corruption in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

The "March of Shame" protest came as Netanyahu headed to Europe for meetings in France on Sunday and at the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Monday.

Demonstrators on Tel Aviv's Rotschild Boulevard held signs reading, "Out with the corrupt!" and "Not leftist, not rightist, but honest!" Others read, "Being a pig isn't kosher" and "Bibi go home."

Hundreds of protesters against corruption gathered in Haifa as well, with signs reading "Democracy isn't a suggestion" and "Shame on you."

An altercation broke out towards the end of the demonstration when a small group of anarchists carrying signs supporting a boycott of Israel tried to join the protest. Anti-corruption demonstrators verbally attacked the group and the police had to intervene after protesters started shoving them and tore signs supportive of the BDS movement.

Those that partook in the protest were angered by a new bill that would have prevented police from publicizing recommendations on indictments. The controversial bill was widely believed to have been drafted to protect Netanyahu, who is currently under investigation in two high-profile corruption scandals, by keeping the public in the dark.

The first investigation involves allegations that he received lavish gifts from wealthy businessmen, and the second involves allegations that he negotiated a deal with a newspaper owner for more favorable coverage.

At last week's rally, some 30,000 protesters marched along Rothschild Boulevard to Habima Square, many of them calling for Netanyahu to be locked up.

A day after the rally, clearly bowing to public pressure, Netanyahu announced that he had asked lawmakers to devise a new draft of the bill so that it would not apply to the ongoing investigations against him.

For the past year, every Saturday night, demonstrations have gathered in Petah Tikva, the hometown of Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit, to protest what they perceived to be his foot-dragging in investigating allegations against Netanyahu. These protests, which initially included a few dozen demonstrators, expanded over time, at their peak drawing several thousand.

The two main leaders of the protest movement are Eldad Yaniv, a well-known anti-corruption crusader, and Meni Naftali, the former chief caretaker of the prime minister’s residence who rose to fame after suing Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister’s wife, for abusive behavior toward him and other household staff. Naftali won the case and also prevailed in an appeal.

Yaniv and Naftali decided to move the protests to a more central location in Tel Aviv last week because of the huge public outcry over the so-called “Recommendations Law.” The protestors began their march, symbolically, outside Independence Hall, where Israel’s Declaration of Independence was first read. The organizers announced that the weekly protests will be moved on a permanent basis from Petah Tikva to Tel Aviv.

Concerns have been expressed that fewer demonstrators will show up this Saturday night – not only because Netanyahu agreed to amend the controversial bill, which had been a key factor behind the huge turnout last week, but also because of the tensions flaring in recent days in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza over the Trump administration’s decision to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel. Accusing Netanyahu of “heating up the turf” in order divert attention from the corruption scandals threatening his reign, Yaniv urged supporters over the weekend, in a widely shared Facebook post, to show up in force Saturday night.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.827858

 

[s28]

Protests Over Corruption Spread in Tel Aviv Capital of World's No.1 Pariah State

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Big protests in Israel. The people are finally getting wise as to how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered on terrorism. Looks like they will not take it any longer. Iran is watching very closely for human rights violations! <a href="https://t.co/tay6Y23Zwy">https://t.co/tay6Y23Zwy</a></p>— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/947568261331341314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">31 December 2017</a></blockquote>
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[JaDed]

Atleast they are allowed to protest unlike Iran.

 

[blackanhyellow]

Atleast they are allowed to protest unlike Iran.

Tbf, Israel doesn't isnt afraid that the West will use pictures of a small percentage of the population protesting against the government as pretense for bringing "freedom" to the people of Israel through proxy militant organizations and air strikes.

The West wont turn Israel into Syria, but they may do that to Iran.

 

[JaDed]

Tbf, Israel doesn't isnt afraid that the West will use pictures of a small percentage of the population protesting against the government as pretense for bringing "freedom" to the people of Israel through proxy militant organizations and air strikes.

The West wont turn Israel into Syria, but they may do that to Iran.

Fear lets this happen,Iran shouldn't care and just be good to its citizens,economy wise.

 

[shaykh]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Big protests in Israel. The people are finally getting wise as to how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered on terrorism. Looks like they will not take it any longer. Iran is watching very closely for human rights violations! <a href="https://t.co/tay6Y23Zwy">https://t.co/tay6Y23Zwy</a></p>— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/947568261331341314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">31 December 2017</a></blockquote>
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Lol at quoting Max Blumenthal ...if this is your source for Israeli issues then it shows just where you stand ...its like me quoting Maajid Nawaz on Islamic issues ...

People are protesting and rightly so ...but this has nothing to do with terrorism ...I doubt S28 even has a cursory understanding of what the protests are about ...

In Israel people can protest against corruption and leaders can be removed if they are corrupt ...

Blumenthal comes from that nasty school who believes the only good Jews are those who died during the Holocaust...

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a Israeli police chiefs have decided to recommend indicting PM Benjamin Netanyahu for corruption, Israeli media report <a href="https://t.co/U1g0T3359W">pic.twitter.com/U1g0T3359W</a></p>— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) <a href="https://twitter.com/i24NEWS_EN/status/961311194270306305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Bewal Express]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a Israeli police chiefs have decided to recommend indicting PM Benjamin Netanyahu for corruption, Israeli media report <a href="https://t.co/U1g0T3359W">pic.twitter.com/U1g0T3359W</a></p>— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) <a href="https://twitter.com/i24NEWS_EN/status/961311194270306305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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A Yahoodi conspiracy against NS.

 

[MenInG]

Israeli police are to recommend that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be charged over alleged bribery cases, the country's media report.

Police questioned Mr Netanyahu as part of an inquiry into corruption allegations last month.

Speaking on Israeli television, he said the allegations were baseless.

Israeli media say police will announce there is enough evidence to indict Mr Netanyahu for bribery and breach of trust in two separate cases.

One case centres on an allegation that Mr Netanyahu asked the publisher of an Israeli newspaper, Yediot Aharonot, for positive coverage in exchange for help in reining in a rival publication.

Israeli media say the editor of Yediot Aharonot, Arnon Mozes, will also face charges.

The second centres on a claim that Mr Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister since 2009, received more than $100,000 (£72,000) in gifts from Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan and other supporters.

The Jerusalem Post says the gifts included champagne and cigars, and were given in exchange for help getting Mr Milchan a US visa.

Mr Milchan also faces charges, it reported.

Mr Netanyahu, who in his second stint as prime minister, denies all the allegations, and criticised moves against him on Facebook last week.

A final decision on whether Mr Netanyahu should face charges will come down to the attorney general's office.

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said any prime minister who has been charged should not be obliged to resign.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43051249

 

[www787]

Protesting against corrupt is illegal, #NOORA LOGIC

 

[www787]

Lol at quoting Max Blumenthal ...if this is your source for Israeli issues then it shows just where you stand ...its like me quoting Maajid Nawaz on Islamic issues ...

People are protesting and rightly so ...but this has nothing to do with terrorism ...I doubt S28 even has a cursory understanding of what the protests are about ...

In Israel people can protest against corruption and leaders can be removed if they are corrupt ...

Blumenthal comes from that nasty school who believes the only good Jews are those who died during the Holocaust...

In Israel people can protest as long as you are Jew, but if you protest against oppression, illegal settlement, regardless of your ethnicity you will be either killed or put behind bar.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="fa" dir="rtl">آیا می توانید مانع گل زدن رونالدو شوید؟ <a href="https://t.co/h3Ma3yny9W">pic.twitter.com/h3Ma3yny9W</a></p>— بنيامين نتانياهو (@israelipm_farsi) <a href="https://twitter.com/israelipm_farsi/status/1011724510402314245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[daytrader]

Israel sees one of its biggest-ever protests

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have taken part in what some are calling the biggest protest in the country's history.

Protests against government plans for a radical overhaul of the judicial system have been running for 10 weeks.

Record numbers of demonstrators turned out in cities such as Haifa, while about 200,000 are believed to have taken to the streets in Tel Aviv.

Critics say the reforms will undermine democracy.

But Benjamin Netanyahu's government says planned changes are better for the electorate.

Organisers said as many as 500,000 pro-democracy protesters took to the streets nationwide on Saturday, in what the Israeli Haaretz newspaper called "the largest demonstration in the country's history".

Opposition leader Yair Lapid told crowds in the southern city of Be'er Sheva that the country was facing "the greatest crisis in its history".

"A wave of terrorism is hitting us, our economy is crashing, money is escaping the country. Iran just signed yesterday a new agreement with Saudi Arabia. But the only thing this government cares about is crushing Israeli democracy," he said.

Tamir Guytsabry, a protester in Tel Aviv, told Reuters: "It's not a judicial reform. It's a revolution that [is] making Israel go to full dictatorship and I want Israel to stay a democracy for my kids."

The protests against the judicial reforms have brought hundreds of thousands of people on to the streets.

The reforms aim to give the elected government decisive influence over the choice of judges and limit the ability of the Supreme Court to rule against the executive or strike down legislation.

The issue has caused deep divides in Israeli society and, significantly, has seen reservists - the backbone of Israel's military - threatening to refuse to serve as a way of showing their opposition.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64929563

 

[daytrader]

Thousands of Israelis in new protests against judicial reforms
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed the proposed overhaul in late March but opponents want it scrapped.

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Israel to protest against the government’s plan to overhaul the judiciary, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to pause the contentious proposals.

The protests came on the heels of a downgrade of Israel’s credit rating by US rating agency Moody’s. The agency shifted the country’s position from positive to stable Friday, signaling the potential for an economic uproar against the government’s proposals.

More than 100,000 people participated in the main demonstration in Tel Aviv on Saturday, according to Israeli broadcaster Channel 12, and smaller demonstrations took place across the country. Counterprotests were also planned in several locations.

Protest organisers, who have held these weekly protests for more than three months, aim to maintain momentum and increase pressure on Netanyahu and his government until the proposed changes are scrapped.

Facing opposition from civil society, parts of the army and even within his own cabinet, Netanyahu paused the overhaul plans in late March, saying he wanted “to avoid civil war”.

The plan would give Netanyahu, who is on trial on corruption charges, and his allies in Israel’s most hardline government the final say in appointing the nation’s judges.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023...elis-in-new-protests-against-judicial-reforms