ANTI-NETANYAHU PROTESTERS BLOCK ROADS ACROSS ISRAEL, PROTESTS AT OVER 150 LOCATIONS

Mon 27 March 2023:

Anti-judicial protesters are blocking roads and intersections at multiple locations across Israel on Sunday night to protest Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire Defense Minister Gallant. According to police, demonstrations are taking place at over 150 locations.

Apart from the Ayalon Highway in central Tel Aviv, demonstrators are blocking traffic outside the central city of Modi’in, near the northern city of Karmiel and in central Haifa, and the entrance to the city of Be’er Sheva in Israel’s south.

Protesters are also protesting outside the home of Likud lawmaker Danny Danon in Ra’anana in central israel.

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Protesters in the area are heard calling on Bar to “Save democracy”

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In a public statement, the local council leaders called to stop what they called a “legislative blitz,” to hold negotiations, “and allow the country to deal with the enormous security challenges facing it.”

Biden administration sharply rejects claim by Yair Netanyahu

The Biden administration on Sunday sharply rejected conspiracy theories spread by Yair Netanyahu, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son, concerning allegations that the U.S. has been funding protests against the judicial overhaul in hopes of leading to the prime minister’s downfall.

Officials close to Netanyahu have been increasingly emboldened in sharing such theories, rooted in right-wing media reports alleging that the State Department provides grant money to the Movement for Quality Government, one of the key organizations behind the mass protest movements.

“These accusations are completely false,” a State Department spokesperson said.

“[Movement for Quality Government] received a modest grant from the State Department that was initiated during the previous administration,” the spokesperson noted, adding that “the last disbursal of funds came in September of 2022, well before the last Israeli election.”

The spokesperson added that the grant in question “supported an educational program for Jerusalem schools that supplemented their civic studies curriculum.”

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