jordan pulse -

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday rejected the idea of ​​holding early elections, at a time when thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv to participate in an anti-government protest.

Opinion polls a decline in Netanyahu's popularity since the October 7 operation, which sparked a devastating war in Gaza.

Anti-government protests largely calmed down during the war after rocking the country for much of 2023. But demonstrators again took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday evening, demanding early elections. Israel will not witness elections before 2026.

Local media reported that the demonstrators, who numbered a few thousand, were far fewer than the participants in the mass protests that took place last year.

“I would like to say to the government, you had your time and destroyed everything you could,” said a protester with an Israeli flag around his head. “Now is the time for the people to correct all these things, all the bad things you did.”

When asked during a press conference about calls within the ruling Likud Party to hold early elections immediately after the end of the war in Gaza, Netanyahu said, “The last thing we need now is elections and dealing with elections, because they will divide us immediately... We need unity now.”

Reuters