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Police say country in ‘social chaos’ after thugs attack anti-PM protesters

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Published: 3 August 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Movement grows as over 10,000 rally in Jerusalem; Israelis in US and Europe also rally against Netanyahu; demonstration planned for Sydney and Melbourne this Sunday

In largest protest yet, over 10,000 rally against Netanyahu in Jerusalem (Times of Israel)
Demonstrators flood Paris Square and much of city centre as thousands of others gather at various junctions throughout country, calling on premier to resign

Police: 'Israel is in a state of social chaos' (Jerusalem Post)
"At some point, they began attacking [protesters] with knives, bats and glass bottles"

Now Australia is joining too (Facebook)

Ten Thousand anti-Netanyahu protesters rally in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, across Israel (Haaretz)
Protesters call on Netanyahu to resign at official residence in Jerusalem, private home in Caesarea; Five detained for harassing protesters, one for throwing a stone

Israelis from San Francisco to Berlin join anti-Netanyahu protests (Haaretz)
Expats and self-described patriots say Israel's economic crisis and Netanyahu's assault on democracy are not 'someone else’s problem'

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Israeli court rebukes prime minister’s son over harassing protest leaders (NYT)
Yair Netanyahu tweeted the addresses and phone numbers of three men who led protests against his father’s administration. All three said they later received death threats.

Court orders Netanyahu's son to delete tweet doxing protest leaders (Haaretz)
Yair Netanyahu tweeted personal details of people involved in protests against his father, calling on followers to 'come and protest outside their homes, day and night'

Photo: Israeli Police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators during a protest against Netanyahu outside the PM’s residence, July 25 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

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