TEL AVIV (ISRAEL) – An installation in a city square depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enjoying a “Last Supper” feast has added fuel to the mounting protests against him for the way he handled the pandemic crisis.
The prime minister, whose ratings have tanked, said his depiction in the mock tableau of the last meal of Jesus Christ amounted to a death threat.
The installation shows Netanyahu sitting alone at a grand 10-metre (33 ft) long table flanked by two candlesticks and grabbing a huge cake resembling an Israeli flag.
Moet & Chandon champagne, Chivas Regal scotch and Courvoisier cognac are seen alongside a pile of fruit and meats, accompanied by a single cigar, in a veiled depiction of the corruption charges against him.
There are three graft cases against him, including charges that he illegally took gifts of champagne and costly cigars from businessmen. But he has denied such allegations.
The trial opened in May and the witnesses will testify in January.
People in face masks gathered near the installation to click pictures. The sculpture was made by Tel Aviv artist Itay Zalait, who said it symbolises the “Last Supper of Israeli democracy”.
(Photos syndicated via Reuters)
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