How the Israeli hostage crisis could topple Netanyahu
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🗓️ 7 February 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Israel’s prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is increasingly embattled, amid protests by the families of hostages calling for him to go. Could this crisis lead to his downfall?
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| 1:39.0 | Over the last four months, ever since the horrific attacks on October the 7th, the families of more |
| 1:46.4 | than 130 hostages have become more and more desperate and ragingly angry. |
| 1:53.0 | A 4thyl me out there is a |
| 1:55.0 | a gahh, a gahh, |
| 1:57.0 | a fortnight ago in a committee room inside the Israeli parliament a group of |
| 2:05.2 | furious families broke through security and stormed a parliamentary meeting. |
| 2:12.4 | One man shouts meeting. |
| 2:13.4 | One man shouts, I will not let go and I will pursue you all until you cooperate with us. |
| 2:21.3 | The families around him chant now and thump the table. |
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