Qatargate, Shin Bet Dismissal, and Hostage Deal: Mass Protest Movement Escalates Nationwide

“We declare that we are shutting the country down. There is no going back from here. It’s all or nothing. We are disrupting. We are striking. We are stopping the economy, the ports, transportation, schools, academia, businesses, and the streets — we are stopping the country to save it.”

“We will not let the Prime Minister scare us anymore. We’re done being afraid, Bibi — you hear? Now you should start being afraid.”

“A deal is the only way to bring the hostages back — they are dying, tortured, starved, held captive by the very Prime Minister responsible for the disaster that enabled their abduction. He abandoned them for a year and a half. The resumption of fighting and breakdown of the ceasefire shocked us all with fear for their fate.”

“Netanyahu began undermining the deal from the first stage, making continuation impossible. He claims Hamas is hardening its stance, but the truth is, it’s Netanyahu who is hardening his stance — against the courts, the gatekeepers, and all of us. This military operation will result in the deaths of more hostages.”

“I am the father of Roni, the heroic lookout who calmly announced on the morning of October 7: ‘Israel is at war’ — until her voice fell silent forever. But I’m here to ensure her voice continues to echo through every home in Israel. If Roni were here, she would shout loud and clear: bring our brothers and sisters back — today! The living must be rehabilitated, and the murdered must be buried with dignity in the land of Israel. Their place is not under the rubble, and their fate must not mirror that of Ron Arad.”

“We’re all talking about attempts to sabotage the hostage deal. Let me be clear — what’s happening now isn’t sabotage. When someone knowingly causes a living person to die, that’s called manslaughter. When it’s done deliberately, that’s premeditated murder. And when it’s done for political reasons — that’s simply… murder.”

“Do not allow Ben Gvir’s National Guard into Haifa,” she said, thanking Mayor Yahav for taking part in the joint statement by local authority leaders pledging to uphold the rule of law and court decisions.

“If the October 7 government refuses to obey the Supreme Court, it becomes a criminal government. We will not be extras in Netanyahu’s deranged theater. If that happens, the economy must strike. We will organize a tax rebellion and resist all forms of insubordination to democracy’s destruction.”