TEL AVIV (Dispatches) – Tens of thousands of Israeli settlers took to the streets across the occupied Palestinian territories, demanding the resignation of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an end to his regime’s military aggressions, as his far-right coalition faces unprecedented domestic and international isolation.
The main rally in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square drew approximately 1,000 demonstrators, with hundreds more gathering in Al-Quds, Haifa, Beersheba, and several northern towns including Karkur, Afula, Rosh Pina, and Nahariya. 
Protesters waved flags and held signs reading “End the War,” “Resist Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Palestinian Lives Matter”. In Al-Quds, police temporarily confiscated sound equipment from protesters at Paris Square near Netanyahu’s residence, citing noise prevention.
Carmit Palty Katzir, whose father was killed on Oct. 7, 2023, and whose mother and brother were taken captive to Gaza, delivered a scathing indictment of the prime minister during the Tel Aviv rally. She accused Netanyahu of prolonging the war without a political horizon, arguing that his primary objective is “political survival”.
Eran Etzion, former deputy head of Israel’s so-called security council, warned demonstrators in Haifa against calls for “unity” before elections, saying such rhetoric is used to numb the public and blur “political differences”.
The protests come as Netanyahu openly defies a U.S.-Iran agreement that calls for an immediate and permanent cessation of military aggressions on all fronts, including Lebanon. Despite Washington’s insistence, Netanyahu has declared that Israeli forces will not withdraw from occupied territory in southern Lebanon.
The latest terrorist invasion has killed nearly 4,000 Lebanese and displaced over one million, according to official figures.
As trust between Washington and Tel Aviv erodes, Channel 12 reported that elements within the Trump regime have begun informal contacts with opposition figures, including former prime minister Naftali Bennett and former army chief Gadi Eisenkot. 
According to the report, even figures once close to Netanyahu are now “testing the waters” with potential successor. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former war minister in November 2024 for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, and Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice.