Protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv, rallying against the recently tabled immunity bill that would shield Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from mounting corruption investigations.
The ‘Defensive Shield for Democracy’ demonstration showed rare unity among nearly all parties in the Israeli opposition. Organizers say at least 80,000 people took part in the protests.
Protesters carried placards criticizing Netanyahu and his alleged corruption. Many showed up wearing Ottoman-style fez head wear and even brought portraits of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Netanyahu has been in office for a decade, and secured his fifth term in April amid three ongoing investigations into his alleged corruption, bribery and fraud.
The PM denies the charges, insisting they are politically-motivated. Like a real career dictator he also said he has no plans to step down even if charged?
While the probes have apparently done nothing to dull Netanyahu’s drive for power, members of his Likud party tabled a bill that would grant government officials legal immunity by default.
If the proposed legislation is adopted, it will not be possible to charge elected officials with a criminal offense unless the 120-member Knesset and the Knesset House Committee decide to waive immunity.
The bill effectively reverses the system already in place in Israel – currently, the Knesset and the House Committee have the power to grant official immunity from prosecution.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2019.
Only 10% of the Jews living in Israel are real Jews, the rest are Khazarians (Sephardim & Askhenazim) offspring?
A lot of Bolshevik Russians living in Israel now?