Thousands of people demonstrated in Tel Aviv and other cities in Israel on Saturday evening to call for an agreement to release the hostages held by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Many accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of torpedoeing the chances of an agreement by constantly imposing new conditions in the negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza and return of those being held hostage there. Mounted police stopped the demonstration march in front of the Ministry of Defence. The main point of contention in the mediation talks led by the US, Egypt and Qatar in Cairo between is …