Advocates warn that time is running out for more than 100 hostages who have been held in Gaza for 19 weeks.

On Friday, protesters fired flares in the air and demanded Netanyahu step down. Mounted police and trucks blocked their way. Demonstrators blame the prime minister for the security failures leading to the Hamas attack on Israeli communities on Oct. 7 — when authorities here say militants killed 1,200 people — as well his handling of the war in Gaza and the hostages since.

“Netanyahu has to leave or we’ll never get the hostages home,” said Karen Beltz, a Tel Aviv film producer. She said the protests were beginning to swell, but were still not as large or angry as the anti-government demonstrations that rocked Israel for months last year.

  • livus@kbin.social
    10·
    4 months ago

    @Fimbulwinter personally I’m very interested in human rights for everyone.

    I wish for example the Rohingya, the Tigrayans, the Oromians, the West Papuans, the Saharawi, the Armenians, the Sudanese, and the Uighur were all getting this much air-time.

    Unfortunately Israel is the US’s pet financial project (with a significant US expat population, too) and dominates US-led media cycles.

    I find that whenever I am able to educate people on these other genocides and ethnic cleansing attempts, they come to have strong opinions on these as well.