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Tens of thousands of Israelis have taken part in the country's biggest anti government protest since 7 october, attacked by Hamas.

The protesters want Prime Minister Netanyahu to resign for failing to bring home the remaining 130 Israeli hostages still in Gaza and other issues.

Is not known how many are still alive.

Netanyahu says he's doing everything he can and intends to remain as Prime minister.

Around 33000 people have been killed in Gaza since the start of Israel s military response to the attack.

According to the Hamas run Health Ministry, you've been looking at, the headlines was the vocabulary that people need to understand this new story in English, we have on show up against a wall and play into someone's hands.

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Let's have our 1st headline. This one's from BBC news.

Israel Benjamin Netanyahu protests put political divides back on show.

So this headline is about the recent protests against Netanyahu, and how they are highlighting political tensions.

We're looking at on show. Now, a show is a performance, like a concert or a play, something that grabs your attention.

Georgie, is that what's happening here?

Yes, if something is on show, it means that everyone can see it.

It's on display. A bit like the verb show.

If I show you my script, beth, it means that I put it somewhere that you can see it.

So in this story, the protest in Israel mean that the political divides have become more obvious, yes, and political divides put back on show, means that they were on show in the past, and now they are on show again.

Can you give us some other examples of on show?

Well, it's often used in the context of art and exhibitions, so an artist's paintings can be on show in an art gallery, or dinosaur bones can be on show in a fossil exhibition, E.G.

that's right. Okay, let's look at that again.

Let's have a look at our next headline.

This one's from people's Dispatch. Netanyahu up against a wall as domestic pressure grows for a hostage deal.

So this headline is about one of the reasons for the protests.

Israelis want their hostages back. Now we're looking at the idiom against a wall.

Now, if I were literally against a wall, I would feel quite trapped.

Is that what's happening here? Yes, that's right.

To be up against a wall means that you're in a very bad or difficult position.

Okay, so moving away from the horrors of war, more everyday situation.

If my boss asks me to work in the evenings, it means I can't spend time with my family.

There are two things I need to do or want to do, and I can't do them at the same time.

So I feel up against a wall, I feel trapped.

Yes, we also have the phrase up against it with a similar meaning.

Up against it and up against a wall.

Both mean that you're facing big problems.

But up against it has an added element of being under time pressure.

So if I have a lot of work to do before a work deadline that's coming very soon, I might tell you that I feel up against it.

OK, let's look at that again.

Let's have our next headline. This one's from Times of Israel As protesters demand he go.

Netanyahu argues election would play into hamas's hands.

So the protesters want Netanyahu to go, but he says that this would play into Hamas s hands.

Now, georgie, what does it mean to play into someone's hands?

Well, the idiom comes from card playing.

The collection of cards that you're holding in a card game is called your hand.

Now, if you play into someone else's hands, it means that you give your opponent an advantage and damage yourself.

Right? So Netanyahu thinks that if he leaves government, it will help his

enemy hamas it will play into their hands exactly.

We can also add the word right to add emphasis

again, moving to a less serious situation than war.

If a football player is sent off the pitch

with a red card that plays right into the other team's hands, that team has an advantage because they have more players.

Yes, that's right. Or, e.g. if a spy trips over and makes a loud noise, it plays rights into the enemy's hands, because now they know where the spy is hiding.

OK, let's look at that again.

We've had on show. Obvious for people to see up against a wall in a difficult position and play into someone s hands.

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