Hundreds rally in Israel for government with Arab parties to end Netanyahu’s rule

Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated Saturday evening to demand a new government that includes Arab parties and ends outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rule, after parties opposed to him won a combined parliamentary majority, Anadolu reports. About 300 people rallied in the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel to call for Arab parties to be included in the next government, Haaretz reported. Several hundred others gathered in Habima Square in central Tel Aviv with the same demand, according to The Times of Israel. Protesters in Tel Aviv held signs in Arabic and Hebrew reading, “67 seats. Let’s take a new path,” a reference to the combined tally of parties opposed to Netanyahu, including the Arab Joint List and Ra’am, in the 120-seat […]