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The Mizrahi left at a crossroads
On the verge of closure, a magazine that served as the ideological home of Israel’s Mizrahi left lives another day. But what do its financial woes reveal about the movement’s struggle in Israeli society?
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Ben Reiff
December 16, 2021
How the social protests in Israel broke down national borders
While trying to plan a new life abroad following the failure of the 2011 social protests, Regev Contes uncovers a family secret that radically alters his Israeli Jewish identity. By Mati Shemoelof Regev Contes’ new documentary film, “Goodbye Adolf,” which recently aired on Israel’s Channel 1, is full of courage and honesty. (Warning: this article includes…
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December 15, 2016
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…
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December 18, 2013
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Ex-pats launch Israeli Opposition Network, call for regime change in Israel
UPDATE: Scroll to bottom for corrections. New York — For Yael Berda, the unexpectedly strong showing of Yair Lapid and his Yesh Atid (There is a Future) party in Israel’s recent national elections is no reason for centrists or liberals to celebrate. Lapid’s party labels itself centrist, she says, but its domestic and security policies…
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Lisa Goldman
January 24, 2013
Despite promises, government falls short on housing goals
Although the tent protests of 2011 succeeded in changing the public discourse about housing, the country’s policies regarding availability, affordability, and recognition of Bedouin villages in the Negev have not changed. By Gil Gan Mor Last month, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) published its annual report on the state of human rights in…
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January 17, 2013
Where is the social protest movement in the Israeli elections?
Did the revolution lose its sex appeal? Did the J14 leaders enable politicians to ignore them? Whatever the reason, it is clear that the main benefactor of this state of affairs is Prime Minister Netanyahu. By Ilan Manor With the elections just two weeks away, it has become apparent that the 2013 elections are no…
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January 13, 2013
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…
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January 9, 2013
LISTEN: ‘Kiss My (Arse), Lieberman’ – Israel’s first full protest album
I’d be very surprised if any of you recall a post I published here last December. I was showing off my version of an Irish protest song from the 1980. The original refrain, penned by Irish songsmith John Maguire runs as such: “Hey Ronnie Reagan / I’m black and I’m pagan / I’m gay and I’m…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
November 13, 2012
One year on: From social protest to civic economic power
Last summer’s tent encampments were dismantled, but the spirit of the protest lives on. Citizens are taking matters into their own hands, promoting public interests through growing numbers of cooperatives. By Yifat Solel The summer of 2011 was the summer of social protest in Israel. Tent encampments emerged all over the country and one call…
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October 15, 2012
Three flags in Madrid: Impressions of a demo
No sooner than arriving at the grand “storm the Congress” demonstration in Madrid did we begin making comparisons to demos back home. The cause, after all, is similar if not the same, and Israel’s J14 movement took much inspiration from Spain’s M15. These days, anger is reawakening on Spain’s streets, with a major difference: here,…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
September 30, 2012
The next step in the fight for social justice: Jumping off Dizengoff Center
On my walk home from work this afternoon, I happened to pass by Dizengoff Center. There was a mass of people, which steadily grew during the time I spent watching, as police officers attempted to calm the scene. Eight young people stood, as if in some kind of eerie performance, on the bridge connected the…
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Ori J. Lenkinski
September 19, 2012
For many Israelis, Rachel Corrie was a nuisance
Since Rachel Corrie’s death, the Israeli establishment has been losing patience with activists of any kind. (This op-ed was originally published in The Guardian on August 29 here and in the print edition here) The state of Israel is not to blame for the death of Rachel Corrie – this is the decision an Israeli court reached yesterday.…
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Ami Kaufman
August 29, 2012
J14 activists launch political party, radical by Israeli standards
The party has been defined the “parliamentarian branch” of the struggle for social justice, and its initial platform includes promotion of direct democracy, public control over natural resources and the financial system, and an end to the military regime in the occupied territories and all other forms of discrimination. Some 200 activists gathered in a…
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Haggai Matar
August 18, 2012
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