Police in Israel arrest dozens of demonstrators during protests against Prime Minister Netanyahu's handling of the coronavirus pandemic
Israeli police officers arrest a demonstrator during a protest against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his residence in Jerusalem, early Sunday, July 26, 2020. Protesters demanded that the embattled Israeli leader resign as he faces a trial on corruption charges and grapples with a deepening coronavirus crisis. July 25, 2020.
Thousands of people demonstrated outside Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem and hundreds gathered in a seaside park in Tel Aviv, demanding Netanyahu's resignation and slamming his response to the crisis. At a press conference last week that coincided with protests, Netanyahu addressed the surging protests, warning demonstrators: “Do not drag the country into anarchy, violence, vandalism.”Critics say police have been heavy-handed in trying to clear out the protests, using water cannons to drive them out, and in some cases injuring people. Police say that protesters who ignore calls to disperse are removed to restore order.
Israel has since reimposed some restrictions after an extended lockdown in the spring paralysed its economy. Unemployment has since jumped to more than 20 percent, from around 3.9 percent before the outbreak, and anger has grown over the government's financial assistance plans, which have been chided for providing those in need with a pittance, or nothing at all.
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