Thousands protest against Israel’s Netanyahu ahead of election

Israeli protesters during a demonstration outside the official residence of Benjamin Netanyahu (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Thousands of Israelis have demonstrated outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for his ouster ahead of this week’s parliamentary elections.

The weekly protests against Mr Netanyahu have taken place for nine months. But they have lost strength in recent months in part due to cold winter weather and after early elections were declared in December. Saturday night’s gathering in central Jerusalem was the largest protest in months.