Netanyahu’s handling of the hostage crisis enrages Israelis

FOR NINE months the presidential residence in Jerusalem had been the site of angry and noisy rallies as every Saturday night Israelis protested against their government’s plans to of the Supreme Court. Yet on October 22nd the hundreds who gathered there stood for hours in a largely silent vigil as President Isaac Herzog met relatives of the 220 Israelis confirmed to have been taken hostage in Gaza. Most of those abducted in an on October 7th are civilians. Among them are babies and the elderly. As the families came out after the meeting, there were muted cries from the crowd of “bring them home now!”Read more on the war between Israel and Hamas