Communist demonstrators distance-protest in south Tel Aviv, one of many hundreds that took place Saturday evening, October 10. The red Hadash placard reads, "When the government is against the people, the people are against the government."

A Thousand “Distanced Protests” against Netanyahu across Israel

Tens of thousands of citizens of Israel participated in protests at hundreds of locations across the country on Saturday night, October 10, against far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the extension of anti-democratic “special emergency” rules. Over 1,000 socially distanced gatherings were held throughout the country, the fourth such event since the government instituted a ban…