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WATCH: Israelis launch world protest day with solidarity demo on Syrian border

(Update – the video is now fully subtitled.) Today is October 15 – the day slated by dozens of local social justice and democracy movements to try and hold a worldwide, truly global demonstration. Protests are taking place in an astonishing 951 cities in 85 countries, including, obviously, New York, Tel Aviv, Cairo, London. But…

By Dimi Reider October 15, 2011

Michael Oren returned from Tel Aviv, but saw nothing

By Hagai El-Ad Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, tries hard to separate the Israeli social justice protests from the Arab Spring. He ends up sounding both out of date and out of touch. Israelis and Palestinians are again gradually engulfed in escalating violence. While hoping that the situation will not further escalate, Israel’s social…

By +972 Magazine August 25, 2011

J14 protest In Beersheeba, August 13 2011 (photo: Keren Manor / activestills.org)

Photos: 100,000 demonstrate across Israel’s periphery

Some 100,000 people, Arabs and Jews, demonstrated across Israel tonight, after the J14 movement decided to break with tradition and hold rallies in a dozen different locations instead of one central rally in Tel Aviv. The decision resulted in several protests breaking local records, with over 15,000 demonstrating in Beer Sheva, over 30,000 in Haifa,…

By Dimi Reider August 13, 2011

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“The revolution of the young”: Arab author addresses 300k rally

Palestinian Israeli author Odeh Bisharat addressed the 300,000-strong rally for social justice in Tel Aviv on Saturday. This is the full text of his speech. One summery day‪,‬ a revolution began in Israe‪l. The revolution of the young. ‬ In July. The sweet, contagious innocence defeats all the sophistication. One morning, a young man or…

By +972 Magazine August 9, 2011

J14 may challenge something even deeper than the occupation

The social justice demonstrations have been accused of ignoring the key issue of the occupation. But their tremendous groundswell of solidarity and cooperation is slowly gnawing at something even more significant than that – the principle of separation, of which the occupation is just one exercise. One of the most impressive aspects of the J14…

By Dimi Reider August 7, 2011

"Social Justice" protest against the government in Tel Aviv (photo: Oren Ziv/activestills)

Social justice protesters take to the streets

Social justice protesters blocked major road tonight across the country, as new protest camps were set up and evicted ones were rebuilt. Earlier today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a housing plan consisting mainly of speeding up privatisation, jarring badly with the protesters’ demand for “welfare state now” In the special press conference at his…

By Dimi Reider July 26, 2011