Social protest movements

Civil resistance vs. vigilantism: Has nonviolent protest lost its relevance?

“To do an extreme act of violence, a person must not have seen any hope. There are groups creating a pathway to positive change.”

 PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE in support of Palestinians at Oxford University earlier this year. Jewish students should demand safety and respect or have the pride to go elsewhere, says the writer.
 Demonstrators shout slogans at a pro-Palestinian rally held across the street from the Consulate General of Israel in New York City, US, October 9, 2023.

'Every Palestinian will die:' Canadian threatens protesters with nail gun

A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran, September 19, 2022.

Iranian regime planning counterprotests for Friday

Thousands of Israelis take part in a protest march against soaring prices of living in Tel Aviv on July 14, 2012.

A decade since Israel's social protests, food-makers afraid to raise prices


Demonstrations in support of unity government to take place nationwide

Protesters will march from the Knesset to Balfour in support of the Lapid-Bennett coalition on Saturday evening.

 "Cleaning the incitement out of Balfour," protesters at Balfour bring foam machine to protest, June 5, 2021

Protesters gather to support Bennett 'for the good of the country'

The Black Flag movement's decision to protest outside the ministers' houses came after a number of incendiary comments from both the public and from Members of Knesset.

A protester holds a sign reading 'the left wing and the right wing belong to the same bird,' at a protest outside the home of Ayelet Shaked, May 29, 2021

Myanmar coup opponents defy bans as protests resume - Watch

The civil disobedience movement, led by hospital workers, has resulted in a plunge in coronavirus tests, official testing figures showed.

Demonstrators protest against the military coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 6, 2021.

Will teenager Greta Thunberg win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Labor MK Stav Shaffir spoke with Maariv about how a social protest can take on the world.

Activist Greta Thunberg speaks during the global demonstration "Global strike for future" in central Stockholm, Sweden, March 15, 2019.

Will 'yellow vest' protests snowball in the Middle East?

Experts say despite recent demonstrations in Israel, Tunisia and Jordan, social movement lacks momentum

Protesters wearing yellow vests, a symbol of a French drivers' protest against higher diesel taxes, stand up in front of a police water canon at the Place de l'Etoile near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, December 1, 2018

Police arrest 10 as 'Yellow Vest' protests reach Tel Aviv

"The Israeli government must discuss this crisis at its next meeting on Sunday, and decide to put an end to the price increases before all the country burns," said protest leader Shai Cohen.

A demonstrator is arrested at a "Yellow Vest" protest in Tel Aviv, December 14, 2018

Ben & Jerry's Israel distances itself from political U.S. flavor

Local factory says it has no intention of selling Women's March-linked 'Pecan Protest'

Ben and Jerry's 'Pecan Resist' flavor

Ruth Matar, cofounder of an enduring grass roots movement, passes away

Matar and her husband gathered like-minded people around them, and in 1993, almost as an instant response to Oslo, established what was initially called “Women for Israel’s Tomorrow.’

A memorial candle

Dozens of disabled protesters block traffic at international airport

"We are fighting for bread and medicine. Not for flights," the group said in a statement.

Protesters block pedestrian crossing at Terminal 3 of Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday

Can the Start-Up Nation save Israel from itself?

It’s in the tech space where we can find one possible solution to the disconnect between an Israel getting better and a Knesset pushing a political agenda designed to engender the opposite.

AN ARAB woman walks past a Jewish couple at the Western Wall

NGOs commend government’s move to regulate the status of asylum-seekers

Omdim Beyachad has led protests against the planned deportation of African migrants in the past few months and views the new plan to regulate the status of 16,250 of them as a victory.

Tel Aviv protest against the deportation of asylum seekers