{"id":32181,"date":"2020-07-22T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/israelis-block-entrance-to-parliament-amid-intense-protests\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T18:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T15:55:00","slug":"israelis-block-entrance-to-parliament-amid-intense-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/israelis-block-entrance-to-parliament-amid-intense-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"#Israelis block entrance to parliament amid intense protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Israelis block entrance to parliament amid intense protests<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 22, 2020 |<\/span> 11:55am <\/p>\n

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\n JERUSALEM \u2014 After a night of intense protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, dozens of Israeli demonstrators chained themselves together and briefly blocked the entrance to parliament on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

Police arrested four and broke up the gathering, which was called to protest an upcoming vote to grant the government sweeping authority to bypass parliament in enacting measures to combat the rapid spread of the coronavirus. But it came amid a fresh outpouring of discontent with Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

Protests outside Netanyahu\u2019s residence have become a weekly occurrence, with police increasingly taking harsher measures against demonstrators. Last month, they arrested a retired Israeli air force general<\/a>, setting off an uproar.<\/p>\n

The protests have since drawn a younger crowd and have grown more defiant. In the past week, thousands of Israelis have participated in some of the largest demonstrations in nearly a decade against the long-time prime minister, as public discontent bubbled over. Netanyahu has come under growing criticism for holding office while on trial for corruption, pushing for seemingly anti-democratic measures under the guise of combating the virus and mismanaging the country\u2019s deepening economic crisis.<\/p>\n

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Demonstrators chant slogans against Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of the Knesset, Israel\u2019s parliament in Jerusalem.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Tuesday night, a large coalition of protest groups combined to march through the streets of Jerusalem from Netanyahu\u2019s official residence to the Knesset, Israel\u2019s parliament. They beat drums, banged on pots and blared on trumpets while calling for the prime minister\u2019s resignation and holding banners reading, \u201cthe Israeli spring is here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toward the end, a young women climbed atop a mounted candelabra, the national symbol and strip<\/a>ped off her shirt in protest. Police said they arrested 34 people who were involved in the disturbances, deploying a heavy hand in the arrests.<\/p>\n

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Israeli police scuffle with demonstrators during a protest.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The gathering also drew restaurant owners and celebrity chefs, frustrated by the government\u2019s inconsistent reopening policies for businesses. The chefs handed out meals while out-of-work self-employed Israelis joined ranks with the anti-Netanyahu protest movement.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu has seen his popularity plummet in recent weeks as his corruption trial has gotten underway and as his bloated, \u201cemergency\u201d coalition government \u2014 formed specifically to handle the crisis \u2014 has fumbled managing the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Netanyahu is on trial for a series<\/a> of cases in which he allegedly received lavish gifts from billionaire friends and traded regulatory favors with media<\/a> moguls for more favorable coverage of himself and his family. The prime minister has denied any wrongdoing \u2014 accusing the media and law enforcement of a witch hunt to oust him from office \u2014 and has refused to step down.<\/p>\n

Israel received praise for its early handling of the coronavirus crisis and imposing tight movement restrictions. But since reopening the economy in May, new cases have spiked and unemployment remains over 20 percent, up from 3.9 percent before the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Critics of the Netanyahu government\u2019s response to the economic crisis say it has provided too little assistance to Israelis and has offered no safety net for hundreds of thousands of self-employed workers and business owners. The government has also been accused of issuing contradictory guidelines that have only further stoked the anger of everyday citizens.<\/p>\n

An economic aid plan announced by Netanyahu last week, which would see hundreds of dollars handed out to every Israeli household, was widely condemned by economists and has hit a snag in parliament.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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