(10 Dec 2024)
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Tel Aviv, Israel – 10 December 2024
1. Various of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s supporters
2. Close of man with mask of Netanyahu
3. Anti Netanyahu protesters in the front, Netanyahu’s supporters in background
4. Sign with picture of Netanyahu’s son, Yair, with text reading (Hebrew): "Our sons are on the battlefield your son is in Miami beach"
5. Various of protester with captain hat reading (Hebrew): "The Captain is sinking the country"
6. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Shoham Smith, protester:
"We are here to express support for the rule of law, to firmly oppose the fact that we have a prime minister who is both a criminal defendant and a war criminal."
7. Woman holding picture of missing air force soldier Ron Arad, with the name of hostage Shiri Bibas written on it
8. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Shoham Smith, protester:
"We are here too, with the families of hostages whom he (Netanyahu) completely abandoned. He is not doing his most important job, and all the accusations he is accused of are like nothing in contrast to that abandonment."
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ifat Kalderon, cousin of hostage Ofer Kalderon:
"We’re here to remind Netanyahu that the fact that he abandoned our hostages, 100 hostages in Gaza after 431 days is the worst crime that he could have ever done. And he still has the chance to bring them back with a hostage deal. There is a hostage deal on the table right now and we need to bring them all back, not just part of them."
10. Wide of Netanyahu’s supporters
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Hani (no last name given), Netanyahu supporter:
"I’m here to defend our democracy. We see every day that democracy is going. They take Netanyahu, they take all the pillar around Netanyahu and the smudge them and they, in Hebrew (she says it in Hebrew) ‘are making up cases.’ I’m very, very worried because we have children here."
12. Various of Netanyahu supporters
13. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Reuven Ben, Netanyahu supporter:
"I came to support the prime minister. I think he is not being given a fair trial. They have been chasing him for eight years. This person contributed to the country and you, the left-wingers all the time want to take him down, through the army, through the Attorney’s office or any other way, and they don’t succeed. Bibi (Netanyahu) did nothing, didn’t steal anything. He is the most powerful man in the world today, not in the country, in the world. He is a top level leader. He defeated Hamas, defeated Daesh, defeated the Syrians and will beat the court too."
14. Wide of Netanyahu’s supporters in front of court
STORYLINE:
Dozens of people gathered outside of a court in Tel Aviv as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand on Tuesday in his long-running trial for alleged corruption.
Some were protesting against Netanyahu, including family members of hostages held in Gaza, and others were supporting him.
Netanyahu is charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases.
He is accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of cigars and champagne and exchanging favors with wealthy associates. Netanyahu denies wrongdoing, saying the charges are a witch hunt.
Under Israeli law, indicted prime ministers are not required to step down.
But the charges against Netanyahu cleaved deep divisions in Israel, with protesters demanding he resign and former political allies refusing to serve in government with the Israeli leader, triggering a political crisis that led to five elections in less than four years beginning in 2019.
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