Protesters call on Netanyahu to vacate residency

Dozens of Israelis protested outside the prime minister's official residency in Jerusalem Saturday, calling for opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu to move out now that he is no longer in power. Israel's parliament narrowly approved a new coalition government on Sunday, ending the historic 12-year rule of Netanyahu and sending the polarizing leader into the opposition. Naftali Bennett, a former ally of Netanyahu turned rival, became prime minister after the 60-59 vote. The protesters have been gathering each Saturday for more than one year demanding Netanyahu resigns and leaves as he's on trial for alleged corruptive affairs. This time they also placed a truck outside the official residency, with "crime minister" written along the side. "We are ready to help him (move) anytime," protester Ishay Hadas said, standing in front of the truck. Protesters chanted "Bibi go from here", in reference to Netanyahu's nickname, and called for the ex-prime minister to leave to his private house in Caesarea, a coastal town north of Tel Aviv. Mordechai Avraham, a protester from Jerusalem, likened Netanyahu's actions to former-U.S. President Donald Trump's comments after the November U.S. elections. "He thinks that if he will keep on saying I'm the prime minister, if he will stay in the home of the prime minister, people will believe that he is the prime minister, people will believe that he is going to come back because this is what he told them," Avraham said.

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Protesters call on Netanyahu to vacate residency

Dozens of Israelis protested outside the prime minister's official residency in Jerusalem Saturday, calling for opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu to move out now that he is no longer in power.

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