After the ceasefire, Israelis demonstrate to demand Netanyahu’s resignation
Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated in occupied Jerusalem yesterday, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while European Union Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Joseph Borrell said that “Arab countries normalized their relations with Israel gave the impression that the Palestinian issue is over.”
The Israeli newspaper “Yediot Aharonot” said on its website, “About a thousand people demonstrated on Balfour Street, near Netanyahu’s residence;
To demand his resignation.
The newspaper added that the demonstrators accused him of not bringing security to the Israelis, and that he dragged Israel into an operation in the Gaza Strip for personal reasons.
After 11 days of military operations, the ceasefire came into effect in the Gaza Strip at dawn on Friday, between Israel and the Palestinian factions, after the two sides agreed to this with Egyptian and international efforts.
The Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, the West Bank and Arab towns in Israel resulted in 279 martyrs, including 69 children, 40 women and 17 elderly people, while it led to more than 8,900 injuries, 90 of which were classified as “very dangerous”.
Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the demonstrators saw the reason for the operation against the Gaza Strip;
It is Netanyahu’s desire to thwart the formation of a coalition government with the participation of Yair Lapid (leader of Yesh Atid) and Naftali Bennett (leader of the New Right Party).
“It is time to leave Netanyahu,” one of the demonstrators told the newspaper. “It is not enough for him to drag us into unnecessary elections, he is also dragging us into wars.”
On May 4, Netanyahu failed to form a government that enjoys the confidence of the Knesset (Parliament), and as a result, the Israeli president assigned the leader of the centrist “There is a Future” party, Yair Lapid, to form a government within 28 days.
In the event that Lapid fails to form a government, the Israeli president must re-assign the Knesset to the Knesset, to choose among its members who can form a government that enjoys the confidence of the members, or to head to the fifth new elections, which is the most likely option, according to observers.
Since April 2019, Israel has witnessed 4 elections as a result of the failure of those charged with forming the government to obtain the required confidence in the Knesset (61 deputies).
