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  I’m pretty sure a lot of them are just bots who see Israel
context: This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 82%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  Thousands of Israelis demonstrated in central Tel Aviv Saturday for the fifth consecutive week against controversial legal reforms touted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government.
  Crowds carrying blue and white Israeli flags braved the rain, swarming the city's central Kaplan Street, with signs labelling the new government a "Threat to world peace".
  "If you look around there's a lot of Israeli flags and for many years the Israeli flag was a symbol of the right," she said.
  
  
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  So, let me get this straight...the new government wants to take away the people's rights, the flag, and their democratic system? Unacceptable. >
  
  Very rarely do governments actually represent their people >
  
  I have been really out of the loop for a few years on Israel matters. I thought Netanyahu was kicked out due to corruption? How is he still in power? 
  I clearly missed something. Can someone catch me up please? >
  
  Yup, he was kicked out in 2021. However, the coalition that replaced him fell apart for 2 reasons : 1. The only thing that United them was that they wanted to remove  Netanyahu from being PM the former government included an Islamic party, a secular left wing party and a religious right wing PM. just so you will understand how diverse it was.. 2. Very strong pressure from Netanyahu supporters . For example : Parliament members from the coalition were kicked out from synagogues. 
  Unfortunately in the 2022 elections (5th elections since 2019), Netanyahu won a majority because one of the left wing parties fell under the threshold and because he managed to convince people that only he will stabilize Israel. He also runs a populist campaign that basically says: “I am innocent and the reason I was charged is that the Leftist elite wants to remove me and give Israel to the Palestinians.” The “elite” is the media,police,courts,civil service workers,attorneys,academia…
  Yes it’s stupid but it worked like magic. 
  Sorry for my English. >
  
  I was just fine, thank you. Now I understand. >
  
  
  The government has since announced its intention to pursue a policy of settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, as well as social reforms that have worried the LGBTQ community and controversial judicial reforms.
  
  tbf this is a problem for all hyper-militarised colonist states. How do you get a government that does fascism on the groups you hate but not the groups you’re in? >
  
  These are the Israelis I like. >
  
  I know people often don't read the article, but my guy, you didn't even read the headline!