Angry crowd stop Netanyahu’s speech

Relatives of those killed in the December forest fire in Israel have heckled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a ceremony to honor the dead.

Angry family members of the 44 victims of the huge wild fire, forced Netanyahu to stop his speech at the ceremony held on Wednesday in Kibbutz Beit Oren, north of the occupied territories, the Associated Press reported.

Condemning the poor handling of the disaster response, they shouted that the Israeli premier must resign and called the ceremony a disgrace.

The angry crowd also directed their frustration at the Interior Minister Eli Yishai whose ministry is responsible for firefighting services.

The security forces were forced to rush to the podium to protect Netanyahu by forming a line to keep people away from him, while Yishai was escorted out of the hall.

“We will find out the truth. We will not rest until we find out the truth,” shouted one man from the crowd.