Protests Demand Opposition-Arab Alliance to Oust 'Netanyahu'

Hundreds of Israelis took to the streets the day before yesterday evening, calling for an alliance between the opposition and Arab parties to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has escalated his attacks on the leaders of the country’s Arab minority. Arab-majority parties made significant gains in Tuesday’s elections, fueled by anger over the rhetoric targeting this minority from Netanyahu’s hardline right-wing government. However, opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has not yet decided whether to seek a coalition with them. Some of the signs carried by the roughly 500 demonstrators in Tel Aviv bore slogans such as “Arabs and Jews will only triumph together” and “There is a majority for change.”