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The Mizrahi feminist archiving the ‘unspoken histories’ of Israel-Palestine
Sapir Sluzker-Amran talks about starting a civic archive that centers disadvantaged groups and challenges the dominant Israeli narrative.
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
July 10, 2020
Tens of thousands protest government corruption in Tel Aviv
Netanyahu is currently facing three separate corruption probes, and his political allies are promoting legislation to shield him from accountability. (Read Dahlia Scheindlin’s report from the protest.) By +972 Staff and Haggai Matar Tens of thousands of Israelis packed into Tel Aviv’s posh Rothschild Boulevard Saturday night to protest government corruption, as well as new legislation that would shield…
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+972 Magazine
December 2, 2017
Israel’s culture minister is no friend of cultural equality
Culture Minister Miri Regev may be right in wanting to change the unbalanced distribution of Israel’s resources, but she’s going about it all wrong. By Yossi Dahan Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev is right to speak about the need for “social justice” in Israel, and she is correct when she says that the distribution of…
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Haokets
August 9, 2016
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A week in photos: September 6-12
Palestinian protests against the cost of living and PA leadership grew in size and intensity, as weekly demonstrations continued and threats of demolition and settler violence remain a fact of life under occupation. Israelis also took to the streets over media and social justice issues. Activestills images tell the stories of the week.
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Activestills
September 13, 2012
Palestinians take to streets in call for Fayyad to step down
In the past few days, protesters have filled the Palestinian streets. This time, their protest is not against Israel, but rather against the Palestinian Authority and specifically Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. The Palestinians are coming out to protest the rising prices in the West Bank, which have increased at a time when the Palestinian Authority…
By
Aziz Abu Sarah
September 8, 2012
S. Tel Aviv residents protest against African asylum seekers
Approximately 50 south Tel Aviv residents protested last night against the presence of African asylum seekers in their neighborhoods. Protesters waved Israeli flags and held signs that read “I voted for Bibi and I got screwed,” “We want a solution here and now,” and “Bibi, you asked [for us] not to take the law into…
By
Mya Guarnieri Jaradat
July 25, 2012
Group of J14 activists to refuse their military reserve duty
While thousands of J14 activists took to the streets and blocked main roads in major cities Sunday night, a group of reserve service soldiers is forming a new agenda of conscientious objection in protest of neo-liberalism and the lack of social justice. “I will no longer defend a state that doesn’t defend its citizens,” says…
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Haggai Matar
July 15, 2012
Solidarity vs. militarism: The Zionist contract and the struggle to define J14
Two parallel demonstrations took place on Saturday night in the fair city of Tel Aviv: one calling for equal duties, the other for equal rights, and both defining themselves as part of J14. Why the split, and where is it going? Itzik Shmuli, leader of the national student union, did not join any of the…
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Haggai Matar
July 7, 2012
The ‘wrong’ protest: Why J14 propagates the political status quo
Despite the importance of the J14 movement’s demand for social justice, by calling for the restoration of the welfare state while ignoring the mechanisms of Israel’s ethno-national colonial regime that fosters occupation, activists are actually propagating the status quo, rather than undermining it. By Noa Shaindlinger Some have been arguing that the J14 movement has…
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+972 Magazine
July 2, 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…
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Haggai Matar
June 23, 2012
‘The future is in the unity of Arab, migrant and Jewish workers’
The following speech was written for Tel Aviv’s most recent social justice protest this past Saturday. While the speech was ultimately not read aloud, it has been translated for +972 with permission from the author, Wafa Tiara. Good evening to all protesters, My name is Wafa Tiara from Kufr Qara, and I am an activist…
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+972 Magazine
June 5, 2012
Thousands take part in May 12 protests, ten arrested
Rallies were part of international day of protest. The largest event took place in Tel Aviv, where speakers denounced the new unity government. UPDATE: A video showing protesters expose and confront an undercover policeman was added to this piece. Around 5,000 protesters in Rabin Square. took part yesterday (Saturday) night in what was labeled “the…
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+972 Magazine
May 12, 2012
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