“It is unthinkable that our children should die in tunnels because of political interests and calculations.” The statement by Arnon Bar-David, head of the Histadrut union, which called for a general strike in Israel on Monday to demand a deal to free the hostages held in Gaza, reflects the mood of a large part of the Jewish state’s population.
More than half a million people took to the streets in several cities across the country overnight from Sunday to Monday to protest the Netanyahu government’s handling of the hostage crisis.
In Tel Aviv alone, more than 300,000 people were counted. And these were not peaceful demonstrations. There were clashes with the police, who used water cannons and flash-bang grenades to disperse the protesters who broke through security barriers.
Numerous tires were burned and one of the country’s main highways was closed. More than 30 people were detained. Netanyahu insists that Israel wants a ceasefire and blames Hamas for the successive failures in negotiations.
Words that did not seem to convince Israelis, who on Monday, the day of the general strike, again took to the streets en masse and promised more protests.
Author: Paulo Joao Santos
Source: CM Jornal
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