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Anti-Government Rally In Tel Aviv

We'll might have a little more when we do our regular updates tonight overnight, but for now it doesn't seem like anything unexpected happened. Organizers are putting the numbers at 200,000, with more realistic estimates hovering between the 100,000 number that Ha'aretz is going with and the 150,000 number that JPost is reporting:

Meretz, Likud and NRP-NU used their party networks and institutions to call supporters to the rally. Likud sent several dozen busloads of supporters from offices and branches across the country while NRP-NU made 7,000 phone calls and sent 1,000 SMS messages as part of its mobilization effort. The rally was marked by support from right and left with Meretz slogans alongside posters blaming the war's outcome on the disengagement from Gaza.

One Jerusalem has an interview with Effi Eitan, who then went on to speak at the rally. They've also got some other links up, including some background on Netanyahu's position and an interview they did last year with Israeli Reservists who protested the conduct of the military operations in Lebanon. Critical background.

References:
* 150,000 call on Olmert, Peretz to resign in Tel Aviv rally [JPost]
* Roughly 100,000 people rally in Tel Aviv to call on PM, Peretz to quit [Ha'aretz]
* Rallying For The State Of Israel - [OJ.org]

Previously:
* One Jerusalem Conference Call: Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
* Israeli Politics Roundup - 2007-05-01 - Reminder: Olmert's Not Going Anywhere
* Olmert: Israel May Or May Not Have Nukes

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