The leaders of the demonstrations are hostile to any appeal to Israel’s Palestinian citizens, turning away Palestinians in earlier demonstrations and enthusiastically and often violently enforcing the ban on Palestinian flags.
“‘The Guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.’ I have summarized the two continuing actions that I have taken upon myself,” says the Israeli prime minister.
Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in for his third stint as Prime Minister of Israel Thursday following the country's fifth election in less than four years.