{"id":104331,"date":"2025-09-07T02:30:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/?p=104331"},"modified":"2025-09-06T23:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T20:38:04","slug":"jerusalem-protest-sparks-after-gaza-hostages-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/jerusalem-protest-sparks-after-gaza-hostages-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem protest sparks after Gaza hostages\u2019 video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"312\" data-end=\"693\">For more than a decade, Jerusalem has been viewed as one of Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s strongest electoral bastions. Yet on Saturday night the city looked different. Tens of thousands filled its streets in a protest for the hostages, with many arriving from outside the city. The march created a new public arena inside a capital long associated with loyalty to Netanyahu<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"760\">The march from the Bridge of Strings into central Jerusalem<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"762\" data-end=\"1129\">Saturday night witnessed an extraordinary march. Crowds poured down from the Bridge of Strings at the city\u2019s entrance, forming a human river flowing toward the center. They carried flags, banners and chants, with anger over the hostages binding them into a determined collective. In a city long loyal to Benjamin Netanyahu, the atmosphere felt strikingly different.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1131\" data-end=\"1241\">Amid this backdrop, the protest resonated beyond local politics and became part of a broader national story<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1299\"><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"iw\">\u05db\u05d9\u05db\u05e8 \u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05d6 \u05d1\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d4\u05e4\u05d2\u05e0\u05ea \u05ea\u05de\u05d9\u05db\u05d4 \u05d1\u05de\u05e9\u05e4\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d7\u05d8\u05d5\u05e4\u05d9\u05dd.<\/p>\n<p>\u05e7\u05e8\u05d3\u05d9\u05d8 \u05d0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d0\u05d8\u05dc\u05e1 Aviv Atlas <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8HotrLNd9M\">pic.twitter.com\/8HotrLNd9M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc33\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc25\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 (@iloveisraell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iloveisraell\/status\/1964403253585858886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1299\">Paris Square facing the Prime Minister\u2019s Residence<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1301\" data-end=\"1714\">The march culminated at Paris Square, next to the Prime Minister\u2019s official residence. In recent years the square has become a focal point for demonstrations, and this time it held an unprecedented crowd. Thousands pressed together, demanding an immediate deal to free the hostages. The proximity to Netanyahu\u2019s home made the protest especially charged: not in Tel Aviv, but in Jerusalem, at the gates of power<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1716\" data-end=\"1855\">This scene highlighted the divide between a city associated with Netanyahu\u2019s supporters and a national movement now challenging his rule<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"iw\">\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d4\u05d9\u05e4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05d1\u05d9\u05d6\u05dd<br \/>\n\u05d0\u05de\u05e9 \u05e6\u05de\u05d5\u05d3 \u05dc\u05ea\u05d7\u05e0\u05ea <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IL_police?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IL_police<\/a><br \/>\n\u05de\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hK0qwKWwYw\">pic.twitter.com\/hK0qwKWwYw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gonen Ben Itzhak \u05d2\u05d5\u05e0\u05df \u05d1\u05df \u05d9\u05e6\u05d7\u05e7 (@GONENB1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GONENB1\/status\/1963621032134082944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1906\">The video of Alon Ohel and Guy Gilboa Dalal<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1908\" data-end=\"2330\">A major trigger was the video released from Gaza the day before. It showed hostages Alon Ohel and Guy Gilboa Dalal. Dalal spoke directly to the public, urging them to \u201cprotest louder and shout stronger.\u201d His words spread quickly online and became a central spark that drove thousands into Jerusalem\u2019s streets. Beyond the plea itself, the video deepened fears that the lives of the hostages in Gaza are dwindling quickly<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2332\" data-end=\"2454\">These emotions bound the families, the demonstrators and the city itself into one unified voice aimed at the government<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2456\" data-end=\"2521\">Jerusalem shifting from Netanyahu stronghold to protest hub<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2523\" data-end=\"2916\">This was not just another protest. It revealed a broader shift: Jerusalem, long tied to Netanyahu and his bloc, is gradually becoming a focal point of public anger. The fact that tens of thousands came from outside the city and turned its streets into a symbol of protest shows how its role is changing. Jerusalem is no longer only \u201cNetanyahu\u2019s city,\u201d but also the city of the demonstrators<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2918\" data-end=\"3074\">From here the path is short to a new framing: the capital is not just a symbol of power, but also a stage for confrontation over the fate of the hostages<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2369\" data-end=\"2488\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(<a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/half-alive-in-gaza-jerusalems-rom-breslavski-forgotten\/\">Half-Alive in Gaza: Jerusalem\u2019s Rom Breslavski Forgotten<\/a>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alon Ohel and Guy Gilboa Dalal pleaded from captivity, fueling massive cries for freedom in Jerusalem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":104325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"9319","_seopress_titles_title":"Jerusalem protest sparks after Gaza hostages\u2019 video","_seopress_titles_desc":"Alon Ohel and Guy Gilboa Dalal pleaded from captivity, fueling massive cries for freedom in Jerusalem","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10327,9320,9314],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking","8":"category-jerusalem-news","9":"category-main-item"},"acf":{"subtitle":"Alon Ohel and Guy Gilboa Dalal pleaded from captivity, fueling massive cries for freedom in Jerusalem"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}