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Israel: thousands of Israelis in the streets to celebrate the departure of Netanyahu

2021-06-16T07:22:29.149Z


Benjamin Netanyahu, in power for fifteen years, was dismissed on Sunday with the appointment of Naftali Bennett as new Prime Minister


Festive evening in Israel.

Thousands of people marched in joy in the country on Sunday evening at the announcement of a new government without Benjamin Netanyahu, after nearly fifteen years in power.

It is the ultra-right-hander Naftali Bennett who takes the head of the new government, also putting an end to a political crisis of more than two years, which has brought the Israelis to the polls four times.

In Tel Aviv's iconic Rabin Square, where Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents have tirelessly called for his resignation every Saturday for over a year, the music was blazing Sunday night.

Thousands of people immediately gathered there, under a slew of Israeli flags.

A crowd of Israelis celebrated the departure in Jerusalem, on the outskirts of the Knesset.

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The departure of Benjamin Netanyahu is experienced as a “historic” moment, says Chen Nevo, who works in marketing.

"I'm a little shocked," confesses the one who came to the square with her young children, despite the late hour.

"They're supposed to be sleeping, but we've waited so long for this moment!"

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"Tonight is an incredible night for us"

Rubi Sofer, 48, also came with his family from Rishon Letzion, a suburb of Tel Aviv. Him, his wife and his two daughters: all wear a black T-shirt on which are inscribed the two white letters of the anti-Netanyahu protest movement which has punctuated Israeli life every Saturday for more than a year, "Lekh", or "Clear". “Tonight is an incredible night for us. For the past ten months, we have been in Balfour (

Editor's note: the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem

) every Saturday, even during the pandemic, ”says this employee of the construction sector.

Will this new government be better than the old one? The new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is the herald of the radical right, close to the clergy, the settlers and the new government, which includes two left-wing parties, puts right-wing parties in good stead. "It's a strange government, but I believe in these people, they want to bring Israel together," said a protester. “I don't know if it will last, but it's a change and we needed it,” she said. Rubi Sofer admits it: “Bennett is not my sweetest dream but to win the war sometimes you have to know how to lose small battles, and to replace Bibi, we needed that. "

Source: leparis

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