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Israeli Hostage Deal Protests
Since November 2023, a series of political demonstration, demonstrations, instances of civil disorder, and riots have taken place in Israel against Prime Minister of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Thirty-seventh government of Israel, his government, primarily sparked by the Gaza war and the Gaza war hostage crisis, hostage crisis. The protests aim to pressure Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire and reach a Prisoner exchange, hostage deal. The protests began sporadically at the onset of the war but have grown significantly in size and intensity, culminating in massive gatherings across various Israeli cities. On 1 September 2024, after six hostages were found killed in the Gaza Strip, the protest organizations announced a day of demonstrations, with September 2024 Israel hostage deal protests, more than 500,000 people having protested throughout the country and outside of it for a hostage deal. The Histadrut went on a day of strike the following day. Backgr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaza War Protests In Israel
As a result of the Gaza war, nationwide protests have occurred across Israel, including rallies, demonstrations, campaigns, and vigils. These demonstrations occurred as part of broader Gaza war protests, war-related protests occurring worldwide. Israelis domestically and abroad have primarily called for the return of hostages held by Hamas. The biggest war-related protest movement in Israel, named "Bring Them Home Now" and aims for the return of the hostages, has demonstrated on a weekly basis in Tel Aviv near the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) headquarters. Jewish Israeli anti-war activists have been targeted by far-right groups, while Arab citizens of Israel, Arab Israelis have experienced a crackdown on free speech, with individuals arrested for social media posts and likes. By 22 December 2023, 67% of Israelis supported a ceasefire in exchange for the return of hostages held by Hamas. Israeli hostage deal protests A hostage-solidarity rally in Tel Aviv on 14 October criticiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnon Bar-David
Arnon Bar-David (; born 1957) is an Israeli trade unionist and civil servant. He is the Chairman of the Histadrut since March 2019. Biography Arnon Bar-David was born in 1957 in Tel Aviv. His father worked in the city's water plant. In 1975, Bar-David enlisted in the IDF, joining the Naval Academy, and later served as a company commander in the Armored Corps. After the conclusion of his service, Bar-David became a coordinator of the Hebrew Scouts, studied history at Tel Aviv University, and worked as a sports correspondent for Hadashot in 1986, before becoming an editor until 1990. Bar-David additionally worked as a department manager in the Education Administration of the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality until 1993. Trade union career In 1993, Bar-David joined the Tel Aviv's trade union, later becoming its chairman until 2006. from 2006 to 2019, Bar-David served as the Chairman of thUnion of Clerical and Public Service Employees of the Histadrut In March 2019, after Avi Nissenko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirty-seventh Government Of Israel
The thirty-seventh government of Israel is the current Cabinet of Israel, cabinet of Israel, formed on 29 December 2022, following the 2022 Israeli legislative election, Knesset election on 1 November 2022. The coalition government consists of six parties — Likud, United Torah Judaism, Shas, Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionist Party and New Hope (Israel), New Hope — and is led by Benjamin Netanyahu, who has taken office as the Prime Minister of Israel for the sixth time. The government is notable for its inclusion of Far-right politics in Israel, far-right politicians. Several of the government's policy proposals have led to controversies, both within Israel and abroad, with the government's attempts at 2023 Israeli judicial reform, reforming the judiciary leading to 2023 Israeli judicial reform protests, a wave of demonstrations across the country. Following the outbreak of the Gaza war, opposition leader Yair Lapid initiated discussions with Netanyahu on the formation of Isra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emblem Of Israel Alternative
An emblem is an abstract or representational pictorial image that represents a concept, like a moral truth, or an allegory, or a person, like a monarch or saint. Emblems vs. symbols Although the words ''emblem'' and ''symbol'' are often used interchangeably, an emblem is a pattern that is used to represent an idea or an individual. An emblem develops in concrete, visual terms some abstraction: a deity, a tribe or nation, or a virtue or vice. An emblem may be worn or otherwise used as an identifying badge or patch. For example, in America, police officers' badges refer to their personal metal emblem whereas their woven emblems on uniforms identify members of a particular unit. A real or metal cockle shell, the emblem of James the Great, sewn onto the hat or clothes, identified a medieval pilgrim to his shrine at Santiago de Compostela. In the Middle Ages, many saints were given emblems, which served to identify them in paintings and other images: St. Catherine of Alexand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movement For Quality Government In Israel
The Movement for Quality Government in Israel (, ''HaTenu'a Lema'an Ekhut HaShilton BeYisrael'') is a non-profit organization promoting democracy, ethics and good governance in Israel. It is a regular and longstanding petitioner of the Supreme Court of Israel. The organisation was founded in March 1990 by lawyer , initially as a protest movement during the coalition crisis. It created a yearly "Knight of Quality Government" award, with categories including executive, judiciary, legislative, local government, media and military/security. In 2020 the group unsuccessfully petitioned the Supreme Court of Israel to bar Benjamin Netanyahu from power. It opposed the 2023 Israeli judicial reform, and led protests against the proposals. The organisation petitioned against various parts of the reforms, with the High Court ruling in its favour in January 2024 over removing the ability of courts to strike down amendments to basic laws. Later in 2024, amid the Gaza war The Gaza w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Wage Peace
Women Wage Peace (WWP; ; ) is an Israeli grassroots peace movement, formed shortly after the Gaza War in 2014. Its primary goal is to prevent future wars and promote a non-violent, respectful, and mutually accepted solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the active participation of women from diverse political and religious backgrounds through all stages of negotiations. Origin While originally started by Israeli women, including peace activist Vivian Silver, the movement has worked to build connections with Palestinian women, also reaching out to both women and men of many other local regions and religious backgrounds. It was inspired by similar women's movements in Northern Ireland and Liberia, where women of different faiths had united to help resolve violent conflicts. Inspiration also came from the Four Mothers movement, established in 1997, which ultimately influenced Israel's military withdrawal from South Lebanon. For colors representing the movement, white wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatikvah
Hatikvah (, ; ) is the national anthem of the Israel, State of Israel. Part of 19th-century Jewish literature, Jewish poetry, the theme of the Romantic poetry, Romantic composition reflects the 2,000-year-old desire of the Jews, Jewish people to return to the Land of Israel in order to History of the Jews and Judaism in the Land of Israel, reclaim it as a free and sovereign nation-state. The piece's lyrics are adapted from a work by Naftali Herz Imber, a Jewish poet from Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast#The Austro-Hungarian Imperial Period (1772–1918), Złoczów, Austrian Galicia. Imber wrote the first version of the poem in 1877, when he was hosted by a Jewish scholar in Iași. History Text The text of Hatikvah was written in 1878 by Naftali Herz Imber, a Jewish poet from Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast, Zolochiv (), a city nicknamed "The City of Poets", then in Austrian Poland, today in Ukraine. His words "Lashuv le'eretz avotenu" (to return to the land of our forefathers) expressed its aspi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UnXeptable
UnXeptable is a protest movement against Benjamin Netanyahu's continued tenure as Prime Minister after he was indicted on criminal charges. Prime Minister Netanyahu did not resign after being indicted, and the movement's founders chose a name based on the English word unacceptable to express their opinion on his decision. The movement was founded in July 2020 by Israelis living in the San Francisco, California, area: Offir Gutelzon, Racheli Batish-Levkovich, Neri Life-Choma, Gershon Diner, Itai Beck, Yael Yechieli, and Guy Horowitz. Since the formation of the Thirty-seventh government of Israel, 37th Israeli government, the movement has focused on protest actions against the coalition's plan for fundamental changes to the Israeli legal system, changes that they believe threaten to turn Israel into an illiberal democracy or even a dictatorship. The main activities are demonstrations, activity in WhatsApp groups, large-scale online events (on Zoom (software), Zoom), and outreach to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standing Together (movement)
Standing Together (; , ) is an Israeli grassroots movement that aims to bring together Arab Israeli and Jewish Israeli communities in the struggle for Israeli-Palestinian peace, equality and social justice. Known for its purple paraphernalia and branding, it is the largest Arab-Jewish grassroots movement in the country. Standing Together first became active in 2015, and had about 5,300 members as of April 2024. The movement opposes neoliberalism and the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. It aims to further LGBT rights, women's rights, workers' rights (including disability benefits) and full equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel. Since the Gaza war began in October 2023, the movement has played a role in the anti-war and pro-ceasefire protests within Israeli society. Organization Standing Together founders have cited Podemos, Momentum, Syriza, and the Democratic Socialists of America as inspirations but have stated they do not want the movement to become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothers And Sisters In Arms
Brothers and Sisters in Arms (), also known as Achim Laneshek and Brothers in Arms (), is an organization of reserve men and women from various units of the Israel Defense Forces, IDF, operating within the protest movement against the judicial reforms promoted by the thirty-seventh government of Israel headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On October 7, 2023, the day Hamas invaded southern Israel, the organization suspended all political and protest activities and began devoting itself full-time to aid and relief under the name Brothers and Sisters for Israel. In mid-2024, the organization resumed its protest activities across the country, calling for new elections and the conscription of ultra-orthodox men, currently exempt from military service in the IDF. In June 2024, the Brothers and Sisters in Arms received The Presidential Award for Volunteerism (formerly the “Presidential Award for Volunteers”) from the President of the State of Israel, Isaac Herzog. Forma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–2021 Protests Against Benjamin Netanyahu
A series of protests against Prime Minister of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, colloquially referred to as the Balfour Protests () or Black Flag Protests (), gained prominence in Israel throughout 2020 and 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, COVID-19 pandemic and the trial of Benjamin Netanyahu, ongoing trial of Netanyahu for various corruption scandals. Protesters accused Netanyahu of subjecting the law as part of his fight in criminal proceedings against him. The demonstrators protested against Netanyahu's continued tenure in the shadow of his criminal charges, claims of his preference for personal good over the good of the state, and demands to investigate the "submarine affair". One of the hotspots most identified with the protests was the compound near the Beit Aghion, Prime Minister's Residence, on Balfour Street in Jerusalem. The protests concluded after the thirty-sixth government of Israel, headed by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid in a powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
