[IsraelTimes] Thousands march to IDF HQ in Tel Aviv, carrying 27 coffins to represent captives killed by Hamas, on fifth straight night of protests after six hostages were murdered in Gaza
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
captivity in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
, demanding a deal to secure the remaining hostages’ release. Significant crowds also gathered in Rehovot, Eilat and Jerusalem.
It was the fifth straight night of demonstrations, following the recovery last Saturday of the bodies of six Israeli hostages. They had been murdered days before Israeli troops reached them, almost 11 months after they’d been kidnapped from Israel during Hamas’s October 7 attack.
As protesters in Tel Aviv gathered at Habima Square ahead of the march, Gil Dickmann, whose cousin Carmel Gat was one of the six slain hostages, accused Netanyahu of "sentencing my cousin to death."
Some members of the crowd shouted: "Murderer!"
"She was abandoned to her death by a government that could have saved her," Dickmann said, noting the number of days Gat was held captive. "There were 327 opportunities to save her, and each and every one of them was missed."
The Tel Aviv thoroughfare has been a locus of demonstrations for a hostage deal and has been blocked by protesters every night since the slain hostages’ bodies were recovered last weekend.
When the 27 coffins arrived at the intersection, the protest began in earnest, swelling to some 2,000 people, who rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud against the government and in favor of a deal.
"We are all hostages of the government of blood!" protesters yelled. "A deal that isn’t signed murders everyone!"
"If there isn’t a deal, we’ll burn down the country — this is the last chance!" the crowd chanted.
A bonfire was lit on Begin Street but quickly put out by police. On one side of the crowd, the road was graffitied with the names of hostages. On the other side, cardboard planks spelled out: "Here lie our hostages."
Inside the crowd, a man in Hasidic garb drew attention and applause as he delivered a philippic against Netanyahu.
"Redeeming the hostages is the entire Torah!" he shouted into a megaphone.
As the protest wound down, police on horseback rebuffed some 100 protesters who attempted to march outside the demonstration area on Begin Street.
Central Tel Aviv police chief Micah Gafni was seen pushing one protester out of the crowd and snatching his megaphone. A column of officers later marched into the crowd and confiscated a protester’s drum, eliciting sarcastic applause.
Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible...
in Jerusalem, protesters gathered near the homes of Economy Minister Nir Barkat, Knesset Member Aryeh Deri, and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, as well as in the city’s central Zion Square.
In Rehovot, protesters marched behind a banner showing the faces of the six slain hostages recovered last week beside the biblical injunction, "Do not stand idly by your fellow’s blood."
Netanyahu held a discussion on Thursday night, believed to be about ways of retaliating against Hamas for the murder of the six hostages. Channel 13 reported, however, that military officials were expected to tell Netanyahu that taking punitive action would be difficult and that any move seen as aimed at Dire Revenge could hurt talks for a hostage-ceasefire deal and thus further endanger the lives of remaining hostages.
Both Israel and Hamas have reportedly toughened their negotiating positions since the killings, while the United States continues to attempt to bridge the divide. American officials said they would produce a "final proposal" for a deal in the near future, possibly as soon as next week.
Talks have been snagged for weeks on the issue of the Philadelphi Corridor, a strip of land along the Gaza-Egypt border, with Israel insisting on maintaining a military presence there to prevent arms smuggling, and Hamas and Egypt insisting on an Israeli withdrawal.
Just thousands? They’re losing their audience. Also, why aren’t they protesting Hamas, who are the ones who committed the murders… and who took the hostages in the first place.
Thousands of protesters marched through Tel Aviv on Thursday, carrying 27 mock coffins representing 27 hostages killed in Hamas..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...captivity in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
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disproportionate response...
, demanding a deal to secure the remaining hostages’ release. Significant crowds also gathered in Rehovot, Eilat and Jerusalem.
It was the fifth straight night of demonstrations, following the recovery last Saturday of the bodies of six Israeli hostages. They had been murdered days before Israeli troops reached them, almost 11 months after they’d been kidnapped from Israel during Hamas’s October 7 attack.
Next week the same leftwing protesters will be shouting about some other reason Bibi needs to resign.
News of the hostages’ execution sparked outrage in Israel, and drew charges that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been refusing to pursue negotiations with Hamas in earnest, avoiding concessions that might have allowed the Israelis to come home alive but would have endangered his ruling coalition.As protesters in Tel Aviv gathered at Habima Square ahead of the march, Gil Dickmann, whose cousin Carmel Gat was one of the six slain hostages, accused Netanyahu of "sentencing my cousin to death."
Some members of the crowd shouted: "Murderer!"
"She was abandoned to her death by a government that could have saved her," Dickmann said, noting the number of days Gat was held captive. "There were 327 opportunities to save her, and each and every one of them was missed."
Philosophy question: is it better to lie in support of the vicious for fleeting political advantage, or to be a blindered idiot dupe of the liars?
The hostage families and supporters, carrying the caskets, held a mock funeral procession along Begin Street, in the direction of the Begin-Kaplan intersection, in front of the IDF headquarters.The Tel Aviv thoroughfare has been a locus of demonstrations for a hostage deal and has been blocked by protesters every night since the slain hostages’ bodies were recovered last weekend.
When the 27 coffins arrived at the intersection, the protest began in earnest, swelling to some 2,000 people, who rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud against the government and in favor of a deal.
"We are all hostages of the government of blood!" protesters yelled. "A deal that isn’t signed murders everyone!"
"If there isn’t a deal, we’ll burn down the country — this is the last chance!" the crowd chanted.
A bonfire was lit on Begin Street but quickly put out by police. On one side of the crowd, the road was graffitied with the names of hostages. On the other side, cardboard planks spelled out: "Here lie our hostages."
Inside the crowd, a man in Hasidic garb drew attention and applause as he delivered a philippic against Netanyahu.
"Redeeming the hostages is the entire Torah!" he shouted into a megaphone.
Clearly one of those who pretended to study in order to avoid military service… or pretending to be.Either way, he’s wrong about the Torah.
Police arrested six people at the demonstration, according to an organization that represents detained protesters. There was no immediate comment from police.As the protest wound down, police on horseback rebuffed some 100 protesters who attempted to march outside the demonstration area on Begin Street.
Central Tel Aviv police chief Micah Gafni was seen pushing one protester out of the crowd and snatching his megaphone. A column of officers later marched into the crowd and confiscated a protester’s drum, eliciting sarcastic applause.
Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible...
in Jerusalem, protesters gathered near the homes of Economy Minister Nir Barkat, Knesset Member Aryeh Deri, and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, as well as in the city’s central Zion Square.
In Rehovot, protesters marched behind a banner showing the faces of the six slain hostages recovered last week beside the biblical injunction, "Do not stand idly by your fellow’s blood."
Netanyahu held a discussion on Thursday night, believed to be about ways of retaliating against Hamas for the murder of the six hostages. Channel 13 reported, however, that military officials were expected to tell Netanyahu that taking punitive action would be difficult and that any move seen as aimed at Dire Revenge could hurt talks for a hostage-ceasefire deal and thus further endanger the lives of remaining hostages.
Both Israel and Hamas have reportedly toughened their negotiating positions since the killings, while the United States continues to attempt to bridge the divide. American officials said they would produce a "final proposal" for a deal in the near future, possibly as soon as next week.
Talks have been snagged for weeks on the issue of the Philadelphi Corridor, a strip of land along the Gaza-Egypt border, with Israel insisting on maintaining a military presence there to prevent arms smuggling, and Hamas and Egypt insisting on an Israeli withdrawal.