Jewish settlers staged a major demonstration Wednesday against the Israeli government they helped to elect.
About 10,000 Jewish settlers gathered in Jerusalem to protest the government's freeze on construction in West Bank settlements. The demonstration took place outside the official residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Demonstrator Yitzhak Liebowitz accused the government of abandoning Zionism and caving in to dictates from the United States. "I'm disappointed in the people who claim to be the leaders of the right-wing constituency in the country. And I think they failed. And I think they don't deserve to be the leaders. And I think they have to face up to the reality that their seats are