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In Israel, civil society mobilized against Netanyahu

2023-01-01T18:45:57.497Z


DECRYPTION - Many representatives of the elite denounce the excesses and reform projects of the new government, deemed discriminatory.


In Tel Aviv

It is time for the general mobilization of Israeli civil society.

Objective: to block projects deemed undemocratic and detrimental to the rights of minorities, in particular the LGBTQ community and Arabs, on the part of the ultra-rightist government that Benyamin Netanyahu presented last Thursday.

Petitions and public warnings are multiplying, while the official opposition parties are struggling to recover from their defeat.

"

Israel

will become a theocracy

," said Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai.

Ehud Barak, former Labor prime minister, invoked “

signs of fascism

” and the “

racist messianic forces that want to tear down democracy

”.

According to him, only a "

non-violent revolt

" of the population could put an end to this trend "

by taking to the streets to bring down this government

".

A former chief of staff and opposition deputy, Gadi Eisenkot, also called on "a

million demonstrators

" to march through the streets.

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Source: lefigaro

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