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Syrians in Germany celebrate the fall of Assad Regime, December 8, 2024. (Wikimedia Commons)

‘Democracy won’t come to Syria overnight. But now, we have hope’

From exile, Bassam Al-Kuwatli long dreamed of Assad's fall. As head of the Syrian Liberal Party, he now plans to return to push for a democratic future.

By Meron Rapoport December 11, 2024

J14 protesters burn government reports which weren't implemented, Tel Aviv, July 7th 2012 (photo: activestills.org)

A failed revolution: Why Israel’s next social protest will be a violent one

The next social protest will be violent because the demand will no longer be for change but for a revolution – and revolutions are violent by nature. Two years after Israel’s social protests, poverty is only increasing, a small number of people control the economy and politicians are still ignoring the grievances of those who…

By +972 Magazine December 18, 2013

Clashes dissipate on Cairo's Mohammad Mahmoud Street, January 25, 2013 (Photo: Jesse Rosenfeld)

Block by block, Egyptians fight their past for a new future

‘For me, today is one of the days of the revolution,’ Egyptian poet Zain El-Abdeen Fouad says, describing the recent unrest as part of a process of a continuing social transformation. ‘The [revolt against Mubarak] sparked the revolution and it never ended. The revolution will continue until it achieves its goals.’ By Jesse Rosenfeld CAIRO…

By +972 Magazine January 27, 2013

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The death of Gaddafi and the Year of the Popular Protest

The death of Muammar Qaddafi—a dictator who lived and died by the sword—is just one more seminal event in what has been, without a doubt, an exceptional year in the history of the world. It has been the Year of the Popular Protest, a fire that has left no corner of the globe untouched. The…

By Omar H. Rahman October 20, 2011

Che and Chavez (Roee Ruttenberg)

Notes from Caracas: “Social justice” comes at a price

Venezuela has undergone a socio-economic transformation over the last decade, amid calls for “social justice.” Many people have paid the price, with their savings and their lives. Tel Aviv’s protesters should be aware of the costs of attaining what they are calling for. A tale of two cities I received a note from a Tel…

By Roee Ruttenberg August 16, 2011

Tel Aviv protest for social justice, June 30 2011 (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills)

The tent protest: neither social justice, nor revolution

This article was jointly written by Dahlia Scheindlin and Joseph Dana, based on our shared experiences of the protests. The popular, mass protests here that began as a cry of rage against housing prices have evolved admirably into a public outcry against a slew of deep-rooted problems in Israeli social and economic life. Visiting the…

By Dahlia Scheindlin July 31, 2011

"Tent protest", Tel Aviv, Israel, July 2011 (photo: Oren Ziv/activestills)

Tent protest: Why we march tonight

By Roni Gelbfish | From Hebrew: Dimi Reider Tonight, tens of thousands of people will march from the tent camp in Tel Aviv to protest not only the housing prices but the overall discontent and frustration with Israel’s political system. Writer Roni Gelbfish shares six notes on how she found she doesn’t need to be cynical…

By +972 Magazine July 23, 2011

Hebron demonstration signals a new intifada in the West Bank?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG-tIKVD8Qs[/youtube] Riding the wave of unrest in the Arab world, the PA called for a carefully controlled ‘day of rage’ throughout the West Bank against the United States for their recent veto of an internationally accepted resolution declaring (once again) that Israeli settlement activity is illegal. While in Ramallah the PA sponsored demonstration was weak…

By Joseph Dana February 26, 2011

Protesters under tear gas attack, Cairo (Flickr user Monasosh, creative commons)

Israel staunchly on the side of Arab tyrannies

The Sum of All their Fears: Why Israelis react with fear and loathing to the Egyptian revolution It’s yet unclear whether the Mubarak regime will survive the next few days – there are conflicting reports saying his sons and wife have already fled Egypt – and it’s not clear which will be the next regime…

By Yossi Gurvitz January 29, 2011