Hundreds of thousands rally in Tel Aviv on last Saturday, August 6. (Photo: ActivestillsHundreds of thousands rally in Tel Aviv on last Saturday, August 6.

The Way to Victory

Arab-Palestinian in Israel author Odeh Bisharat addressed the 300,000-strong rally for social justice in Tel Aviv on last Saturday. Bisharat, a well know publicist (“Al Ittihad”, communist daily newspaper in Arabic and “Haaretz”, Hebrew daily newspaper) is the former Hadash general secretary and now Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality – Communist Party…

Leaders of the protest issued a statement with the main principles behind the struggle for social justice

Leaders of the tent city protest, along with student leadership and representatives of social organizations and youth groups, issued a joint statement yesterday (Monday) presenting the main principles behind the struggle for social justice. Last Saturday protest in Tel-Aviv (Photo: Activestills) The Vision Document,  is titled a “Framework of investment for a new socio-economic agenda”.…

Day after 300,000-strong protests across Israel, Netanyahu said ‘government can’t satisfy everyone’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced yesterday (Sunday) the formation of a special economic team to “reduce the soaring cost of living”, looking to ease tensions and mass protests a day after 300,000 people demonstrated across the country against government and for social justice. The team will be headed by a neo-liberal technocrat economist from Tel-Aviv…

Protest for social justice and against the neo-liberal government, in Tel Aviv, last Saturday, July 30

Another Mass Rally against the Government Next Saturday

Tent protest movement leaders, at a meeting to formulate a response to the passage of the Housing Committees Bill yesterday (Wednesday), said that the government seems not to have internalized the public demand for a change in socioeconomic policy, promising to expand their protest. MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) slammed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu over the…

Activists’ demands to Israeli government: lower taxes, free education and end to privatization

After setting up joint protest headquarters on Tuesday, representatives of the 40 tent encampments scattered across Israel, students and youth groups released an agreement they had reached and guidelines for negotiating with the government. Also: protests continue across the country with activists blocking roads. The demands include lowering indirect taxes, canceling the national housing committees…