
Thousands of Israeli protesters gathered Sunday in Jerusalem to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the first such demonstrations since the start of a new nationwide coronavirus lockdown.Authorities in Israel, which has seen one of the world’s highest per capita rates of novel coronavirus infections in the past two weeks, imposed a new nationwide lockdown on Friday.Coinciding with the first day of the Jewish holiday season, it sparked particular anger among ultra-Orthodox Jews.While the government was praised for its initial handling of the pandemic, implementing a str…