Protests planned nationwide against PM
Demonstrations will take place all over the country on Sunday, protesting the beginning of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial, as well as the formation of an Alternate Prime Minister’s Office for Blue and White leader Benny Gantz at Sunday morning’s cabinet meeting.
The opposition Yesh Atid party will organize protests at dozens of junctions across the country under the banner: “Corrupt and Disconnected – We are sick of you.”
The Black flag movement is planning on having dozens of buses and a chain of cars surround Netanyahu’s official residence with the slogan “The man indicted for corruption is not my prime minister.”
“It will be a sad day for the State of Israel,” Labor MK Merav Michaeli said. “The prime minister of Israel will stand trial for harsh crimes of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Instead of quitting, Netanyahu is dragging the country down with him, destroying our legal institutions along the way and encouraging harm to anyone who dealt with his cases.”
Michaeli said she blamed the leaders of her own political camp for not doing enough to ensure that Netanyahu would be replaced, and added that she would come to court as a private citizen.
“This makes it a double tragedy,” she said.
A coalition of groups on both sides of the political map will hold demonstrations outside the Jerusalem District Court, supporting and opposing Netanyahu.
Several ministers and MKs will join Netanyahu at the court, including Likud ministers Amir Ohana, Miri Regev and Tzachi Hanegbi.
“I am worried,” Ohana told Channel 12, regarding the ability of Netanyahu to get a fair trial. He said there is a heavy cloud of suspicions over Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit, who indicted Netanyahu,