Thousands of Israelis have demonstrated in Jerusalem in a continuation of summer-long weekend rallies demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces a corruption trial and accusations of mishandling the coronavirus crisis.
Smaller protests also took part in other parts in Israel, including overpasses and outside Netanyahu’s private house in Caesaria.
At the main rally in Jerusalem on Saturday, protesters gathered at the entrance of the city and marched to Netanyahu’s official residence.
Netanyahu’s governing coalition temporarily survived collapse this week after an agreement with Benny Gantz, his rival and main coalition partner, to delay a budget vote until December.
If the coalition partners had failed to agree on delaying the budget’s approval, Israel would have gone to its fourth general elections in less than two years.
Read the article in The Canberra Times (AP).