Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harshly condemned violent protesters against his government on Wednesday after they started fires in Jerusalem, saying they were “just like fascist militias.”

Netanyahu, who rarely draws parallels between his political detractors and fascists, delivered the rebuke in a video message shortly after protesters started a fire that consumed an automobile on Harlap Street near the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem.

Police arrested two individuals, an 83-year-old man and another man, on suspicion of starting the fire. On Wednesday, thousands of protesters again convened for rallies against Netanyahu in Jerusalem, calling on him to stop the war with Hamas in Gaza and resign.

“They said they would surround my house, the Prime Minister’s Residence

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