Israeli Opposition Leader Calls on Citizens to Protest Against Firing of Defense Minister
19:19 GMT 05.11.2024 (Updated: 19:46 GMT 05.11.2024)
© AP Photo / Ohad ZwigenbergIsrael's opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a rally against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
© AP Photo / Ohad Zwigenberg
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TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - Israeli parliamentary opposition leader Yair Lapid and several protest organizations on Tuesday called on citizens to take to the streets in light of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in the midst of a war on several fronts.
"Firing Gallant in the middle of a war is insane. Netanyahu is selling out Israel's security and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fighters for shameful political survival. The right-wing government prefers traitors to servants. I call on the people of Yesh Atid [party] and all Zionist patriots to take to the streets tonight in protest," Lapid said on his social media.
⚡️ISRAELIS PROTEST DEFENSE MINISTER GALLANT'S DISMISSAL
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Demonstrators have blocked Tel Aviv's central highway and set bonfires following Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu's dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, media report.
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A number of Israeli protest movements, which regularly stage anti-government rallies in Tel Aviv and other cities, have also called on citizens to take to the streets.