Don’t confuse Israeli protests against Netanyahu for solidarity with Palestinians.

The streets of Tel Aviv swelled with over 100,000 Israeli protesters this past weekend. The demonstrations show how many Israelis are worried about “democratic rights” under Netanyuhu’s new far-right government. 

Democracy in Israel would mean an end to apartheid.

But the protests made scant mention of the 18 Palestinians killed in January by the Netanyahu government — a sickeningly record-breaking pace for a new administration. Nor were the protests focused on justice for the residents of  Masafer Yatta, whose homes the Israeli military has been destroying for months.