On February 2, 65438, local time, Israelis took part in protests in Tel Aviv.
65438+February 4th phenomenon, it is reported that on Saturday February 2nd, local time, a demonstration involving about 20,000 people broke out in Tel Aviv, Israel's second largest city, protesting that the Knesset will pass the bill on Monday (65438+February 4th), or not to prosecute Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is deeply involved in the corruption scandal. This is the largest anti-government demonstration in Israel since the Netanyahu corruption scandal broke out.
According to the report, Prime Minister Netanyahu denied all the allegations after accepting the criminal investigation and stressed that he was innocent. It is reported that Netanyahu, who has served as four prime ministers, mainly involves two cases. The first case is that he illegally accepts gifts from wealthy businessmen, and the other case is that he makes a deal with a newspaper, and the other party promises to report more good news that is beneficial to the government. In exchange, the Israeli government needs to strengthen the crackdown on a competitor in the same industry.
According to reports, the Knesset is expected to hold a meeting and vote to pass a draft law prohibiting the police from disclosing the investigation contents of the above two cases. To this end, the opposition party was furious and called on the people to take to the streets to protest.
According to the demonstrators, the draft law to be passed by the National Assembly openly shields Netanyahu, leaving people in the dark and unable to know the progress of the police investigation. However, some people who support the government say that the government's approach is only to protect the rights and interests of the parties.
In this regard, Netanyahu pointed out that he himself has no intention of promoting this draft in Congress, which was proposed by two of his allies. However, Netanyahu did not ask the two allies to withdraw the draft.
Angry Israeli people.
Netanyahu also called himself a victim of "political persecution" and everything was "out of thin air". If formally prosecuted, Netanyahu will face more pressure, even be forced to resign, or announce an early national election to prove that he is still supported by the people.
It is also reported that a large number of Israelis shouted slogans against Netanyahu in the streets, including "shame" and "Netanyahu goes home". Some demonstrators said that Netanyahu and his government are destroying Israel, and they are obviously corrupt. Some demonstrators also vented their dissatisfaction on social media facebook, saying they were frustrated.
The report also said that the draft, which will be adopted by the National Assembly on Monday (65438+February 4), also includes the content of prohibiting the police from advising prosecutors to prosecute public officials involved in corruption.