JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israelis kept up weekly protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday (Oct 10), defying lockdown restrictions imposed by authorities aimed at stemming a surge in coronavirus cases.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JERUSALEM - Israelis kept up weekly protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday , defying lockdown restrictions imposed by authorities aimed at stemming a surge in coronavirus cases.
Part of draconian measures, it restricts people from moving more than one kilometre from their homes. In the latest demonstration, people waved Israeli flags and held up signs addressed to Netanyahu, whom many accuse of corruption, saying"Go away", AFP reporters said. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the protesters in Israel's commercial hub were not social distancing and"threw objects at police officers who confronted them".With more than 280,000 coronavirus infections confirmed so far and over 1,900 deaths in a population of nine million, Israel currently has the world's highest weekly infection rate per capita.
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