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Demonstrators holding anti-Capitalist and anti-occupation signs (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

Marking two years since J14, thousands demonstrate, block Tel Aviv roads

About 4,000 demonstrators gather in central Tel Aviv o commemorate two years since the first tent was erected on Rothschild Boulevard. on July 14, 2011, launching the largest struggle for social justice in Israeli history – aka, the Israeli Summer or J14. The thousands of demonstrators for social justice marched from Rothschild Boulevard and Habima…

By Haggai Matar July 14, 2013

J14 leader Daphni Leef arrested during a protest in Rothschild Ave., Tel Aviv, 22.6.2012 (photo (c): Rafi Michaeli / Megaphone)

Charges against J14 leader highlight suppression of anti-occupation activism

J14 leader Daphni Leef has been charged with rioting, more than half a year after she was violently arrested during an attempt to reignite the protest movement of the summer of 2011. Her trial will begin on January 23. By Leehee Rothschild Look at this photo of Daphni Leef. Look at her, thrown at the…

By +972 Magazine January 9, 2013

From Spain, with love: M-15 activists write to their J14 friends

The following is a letter that activists from the M-15 social protests movement in Spain wrote to their friends in J14 An open letter from the M15 movement in Spain to the J14 movement in Israel: You will only be free when you decide to be free. When we see the assemblies of Kiryat Shmona,…

By Ami Kaufman July 7, 2012

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J14 protest in Jerusalem July 30, 2012 (Activestills)

WATCH: Footage of the protest that kicked off the summer

On June 23, two protests took place in Tel Aviv. The first was a protest in response to incitement against the LGBT community by MK Anastasia Michaeli. The second was a spontaneous demonstration protesting the violence police employed against social justice activists the day before. Israel Social TV brings you coverage. This video was produced…

By Social TV June 28, 2012

Artists heed J14 call to boycott Tel Aviv ‘White Night’ events

Facebook in Israel has been flooded all day with reports of cultural figures and venues announcing their decision to boycott the annual ‘White Night’ events sponsored by the Tel Aviv Municipality, in reaction to the weekend’s police violence; meanwhile, over 100 protesters showed up at City Hall on Monday evening and disrupted a planned no-confidence…

By Mairav Zonszein June 25, 2012

WATCH: Thousands block highway, attack banks in J14 protest

Some 4,000 demonstrators clashed with police for more than four hours last night in the streets of Tel Aviv, blocking roads, smashing a few bank windows and besieging the local municipality. More than 80 were arrested in the most energetic and enraged J14 protest yet. All throughout the winter, Israelis wondered if the summer of…

By Haggai Matar June 23, 2012

+972 People of the Year: Bloggers’ picks

One would be hard-pressed to name a dull year in the history of the Middle East, and 2011 was no exception. It shares its beginnings with a domino effect of popular protest, sparked in Tunisia, which would ultimately see the fall of regimes whose iron fists had been decades-old fixtures. Even Israelis suddenly seemed to…

By +972 Magazine December 30, 2011

Protests return to Tel Aviv's streets, 29 October 2011 (photo: Roee Ruttenberg)

WATCH: Social protesters return to Tel Aviv’s streets

Roee Ruttenberg reports for CCTV News on the return of social protests to the streets of Tel Aviv after an eight-week hiatus. The rally drew an estimated 70,000 people. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZUZ8WNzn0w[/youtube]

By Roee Ruttenberg October 29, 2011

Clampdown on J14: Main camps evicted, at least 40 arrested

After two months of allowing J14 protests to continue largely undisturbed, authorities moved heavily this week to dismantle the tent cities across the country. Several scores were arrested and police intends to press criminal charges against some organizers. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUpLRi28TB8&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Over forty people were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday as protesters and municipal inspectors backed by…

By Dimi Reider September 8, 2011

J14 March in Kikar Hamedina 3.9.11 (Photo ActiveStills)

J14: Initial thoughts on final rally

A week of anticipation and seven weeks of breathtaking national energy wrapped up – for this phase – with a massive rally in Tel Aviv’s Kikar Hamedina attended by roughly 300,000 people and over 100,000 in other parts of the country. An hour before, families streamed down the streets and people kneeled on the sidewalk…

By Dahlia Scheindlin September 3, 2011

Social protest in Jaffa, 27 August, 2011 (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills)

Arab social justice needs heard by the gov’t-what about J14?

The leaders of a civil society organization working for equality for the Palestinian citizens of Israel spoke on Tuesday before the Trachtenberg committee – the government-appointed panel charged with recommending steps to improve economic and social justice in Israel. The committee’s invitation to Ron Gerlitz and Dr. Mary Totry of Sikkuy, the Association for Civil…

By Dahlia Scheindlin August 30, 2011

J14 leader slammed for not having served in army

I’m surprised it hasn’t been said sooner and has not been further exploited and disseminated in Israeli media: Daphni Leef – the woman who pitched the first tent that sparked the J14 tent protest movement and whose face is most identified with it – did not serve in the army (gasp!) I first learned of…

By Mairav Zonszein August 30, 2011

Revolution of consciousness

J14: The (dis)order of the struggle

The J14 movement’s most significant achievements lie not in the political realm, but in the ways in which it has challenged and blurred commonsensical categories and distinctions involving space, time, language, and class. At the same time, one critical category remains as stable as ever By Thom 1. This struggle is between order and disorder.…

By +972 Magazine August 10, 2011