Final Jerusalem Protest Ahead of New Government Swear-In
Protesters held a final demonstration in front of the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem on Saturday night, ahead of the scheduled swearing- in of a new government on Sunday.
About 1,000 protesters gathered on Balfour Street in Jerusalem for the 51st week in a row to protest against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu who, barring a last minute offensive, will be unseated from the premiership for the first time on Sunday afternoon.
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Ahead of the protest, Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett called on the anti-Netanyahu protesters to avoid “provocations,” and to “treat Netanyahu and his family with respect.”
A vote of confidence on the so-called “change” government is set for about 4 p.m. on Sunday, followed by the swearing in of the new cabinet. The new government is made up of eight of the 13 parties that won seats in the Knesset in the last election. The government was put together by Yesh Atid party head and former Opposition Leader Yair Lapid and will see first Bennett and then Lapid holding the position of Prime Minister in a power-sharing agreement.
The government is likely to be approved with a razor-thin majority of 61 out of the 120-seat Knesset. Netanyahu will move to opposition leader in the new government.
