Tens of thousands amass for Tel Aviv social protest
Be'er Sheva protest canceled due to barrage of rockets in Israel's south; Jerusalem protest attracts 3,000; protests mark almost 2 months since largest protest in county's history.
By Yanir Yagna, Ilan Lior and Hila Raz Tags: Israel social protestSome 20,000 people gathered Saturday night for a social protest at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, almost two months after the largest protest in Israel's history took place.
In Jerusalem, about 3,000 people gathered and 200 gathered in Rishon Letzion.
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Mass demonstrations in Israel's social protest movement. |
| Photo by: Daniel Bar-On |
The social protest in Be'er Sheva was canceled after the Home Front Command forbade public gatherings of more than 500 people, in light of the barrage of rockets being fired from the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel.
Rockets fired from Gaza Saturday exploded in Ashdod, Gan Yavne, and west of Be'er Sheva, wounding three men and causing damage to private and public property.
Thousands arrived at the Tel Aviv protest after marching from the corner of Habima Square and Rothschild Boulevard.
Additional protests are also planned for Haifa and Kiryat Shmona.
Saturday's social protests mark almost two months since 450,000 people across Israel gathered calling for social justice, in what was the largest demonstration in Israel's history.
The main protest took place in Tel Aviv's Kikar Hamedina, where some 300,000 people gathered after marching from Habima Square about two kilometers away.
Protest leaders Daphni Leef and National Student Union Chairman Itzik Shmuli both addressed the Tel Aviv crowd. "Mr. Prime Minister, the new Israelis have a dream and it is simple: to weave the story of our lives into Israel. We expect you to let us live in this country. The new Israelis will not give up. They demand change and will not stop until real solutions come," Shmuli said at the September 3rd rally.
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450000 was fiction there were only 5000 (leftist propaganda
The idle, misfits, beggars and lazy never think of taking multiple part time jobs to make ends meet. They feel entilled to get the same as the rest of hard working society.
First time round it started over housing which was reasonable and people had sympathy for it but then we got more and more people coming out all of them with their own demands some were reasonable and others were either unreasonable or not practical. Bibi listened to the protestors and he set up Trajtenberg who reported back supporting some demands and disagreeing with others and Bibi agreed to implement the report in full so he has done his part. Now we got Leef and her palls out on the streets again and like last time she does not officially represent anybody but herself and all these things she is protesting over are issues that concern her personally like the fact the electric prices of gone up and and as usual its the government at fault, she doesn't take into account that thanks to the arab spring Egypt has switched off the gas and the power companies are having to use more expensive fuels... simple economics which sadly she doesn't have much of a grasp of. Leef needs to get into her head these protests have served their purpose and its time to let the ELECTED government sort out the problems not this rabble and especially not the unelected Leef. I have lost all sympathy with this lot who seem to be out protesting for the sake of protesting now.
I've seem more people at a Mcabi Tel Aviv basketball game.
It's not the way it has to be analyzed, since when 20,000 people in a city of 400,000 is little? There has been revolutions that started with much less. In Argentina (40M people) there are constantly protests, and is not common to see more than 50,000.
recommendations. after the 'success' of the tens of thousands, two of them, it's now time to work, not talk.
Stop trying to dress it up and market it. It's a flop! Time to pack up and go home.