Around 10,000 protestors gathered in front of Israeli Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem at a park in Tel Aviv. They were showing their frustration over governments fierce response over growing epidemic that has badly affected the economic toll.
The Israeli government on Friday announced a broad range of new restrictions, with country recording more than 1,000 new coronavirus infections a day in recent weeks. The pandemic has brought in a madly new set of circumstances, and surveys show Netanyahu’s approval ratings have sharply declined. Yet at the same time, the Likud party and its nationalist allies remain tremendously popular.
While some protesters voiced worries over the reimposed restrictions, others have blasted the government for failing to improve testing capacity ahead of the second transmission wave.
Only 29.5 percent of the public supported Netanyahu's coronavirus management – according to a July 12 poll by the Israel Democracy Institute think tank. That figure was 57.5 percent at the start of April.
On the other hand, beyond the pandemic, some protesters demanded Netanyahu's resignation over corruption charges filed against the veteran right-wing premier.
Netanyahu refutes wrongdoing, but has been accused for accepting improper gifts and seeking to trade favors with media tycoons in exchange for positive coverage.
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