The moment protesters break through barricades in front of Prime Minister's residence. One newscaster calls this by its name, a popular uprising. Tomorrow a nationwide strike is on horizon, joined by universities. The military is more fragile than ever.
In Tel Aviv unbelievable photos of main freeway blocked at 12AM. Protests happening throughout Israel. Netanyahu's firing the Defense Minister is being declared as the blatant attempt to transform the country to a dictatorship. Netanyahu has sparked a fire he has yet to see-huge.
It is 1AM in the morning and thousands of people are now protesting outside of the Knesset. The gov is starting to show cracks and Netanyahu his getting pushed to the corner. This could cost him his gov--crucial days ahead. A crisis like no other.
"Bibi to prison!" shout the protesters. Netanyahu played with fire and has got burnt. They are no longer calling for him just to freeze his judicial coup, he needs to stop all his reforms which will most likely lead to the end of his gov. Netanyahu is scrambling. Hiding at home.
One protester organizer: we will be on the Ayalon Freeway until the morning then to Jerusalem. He stresses protests will continue until to Netanyahu gov falls, stressing by firing the Defense Minister he's threatening security of the state. He is not fit to serve. We will see.
Police are clashing with the protesters. The horse brigade pulled back and the water cannon is getting ready to attack--Attack starts. Of all the protests, this one is turning into one of the most violent. The police attacked with little warning. It is 3:00 AM. #TelAviv
For now, I'm ending thread. Tomorrow will be a huge; in history of Israel we have never seen its society at such a breaking point. Here's a clip of the police attacking and arresting protesters head on. Highway is now clear. A new day tomorrow. #TelAviv

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The answer to that is, I honestly do not know. However, it is an official agency, and this may be done as fake news; what I do know is that Turkey has a long list of numbers it minimizes, such as its conflict w/Kurds and the denial of the Armenian genocide. So, yes, it matters.
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The first time I heard it was "antisemitic" was on CNN during this current war. I was shocked since it really is only directly related to the struggle over the land; it is a slogan that seems relevant as long as long as there is an occupation and blockade of Gaza. Really, folks.
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