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8 September 2011 E-Newsletter |
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Written by Ruby Ong
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For the past several months, you’ve been hearing a lot from us about the social protest movement that has swept over Israel. Just this past Saturday, 450,000 Israelis took to the streets, chanting for social justice, demonstrating for a better, fairer Israel; the Israel that we at NIF so passionately believe in. Not only is this the biggest “domestic” story out of Israel in a generation, it is a story of hope and inspiration.
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Haaretz has named its 100 most influential people of 5771, and in a departure from its normal procedure, the paper placed a rather large group in first place:
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An online petition signed by nearly 4000 Jews worldwide in support of the Israeli social justice protests made major media headlines in Israel ahead of Saturday night's massive social protest demonstration. On Friday morning, a full-page ad about the petition, including thousands of signatories, appeared in the Israeli edition of the International Herald Tribune.
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More than 100 civil society activists, academics, public officials, Knesset members and concerned citizens convened in Tel Aviv on September 5th for the SHATIL-coordinated convention, From Democracy on Guard to a Democracy in Renewal, which highlighted the crucial links between democracy, social justice, and multiculturalism.
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