Tens of thousands of Israelis rally against PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem
Al Jazeera
The protest in Jerusalem was the largest since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October.
Tens of thousands of Israelis have marched in Jerusalem, calling for increased efforts to free captives held in Gaza and the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Demonstrators on Sunday evening blocked a main city highway, after earlier rallying in front of the Israeli parliament, lighting fires and waving the national flag. They claim that the protest was the biggest since the war in Gaza broke out in October.
Police used water cannon against the crowd, and jostled and pushed protesters back as they shouted that Netanyahu “must go”.
Pressure has been growing on the prime minister as opponents of his right-wing government have found common cause with the families of the hundred or more captives still held by the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza.
The families have pledged to take to the streets every night this week as they call for the government to “bring them home”.
