What happened
Benny Gantz, a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war cabinet and his top political rival, called for new elections Wednesday, as tens of thousands of Israeli protesters spent a fourth day on the streets demanding Netanyahu's resignation.
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