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Israeli

(4,431 posts)
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 01:12 AM Tuesday

Israel Is Becoming a Pariah State. We Need Massive Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Until Netanyahu Is Ousted

There can be no compromise between the destroyers of Israel and its defenders. The only course of action that could still save the country from becoming democracy's corpse is a total shutdown of the country until the Netanyahu government is replaced or the prime minister resigns

By Ehud Barak
Jul 27, 2025

This is an emergency call asking people to courageously confront reality and take action to stop the landslide. The Israel of the Declaration of Independence and the Zionist vision is collapsing. The emergency requires us to answer five key questions.

What is happening to us? Who is responsible for this? What action should be taken and what is the desired result? Who should call for action and who should lead it? Who should take action to achieve the objective?

Regarding the first question, an absolute majority of the country's citizens realize what is happening. We have a wonderful people and a military that has performed magnificently against Hezbollah, Iran and Syria.

But we are stuck in a war of deception in the Gaza Strip. Blood is flowing, families and businesses of reservists are collapsing, and a bill to legalize draft dodging is being pushed by the government under pressure from the ultra-Orthodox. The government's attempt to weaken the judiciary and the crushing of the country's gatekeepers are proceeding apace.

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Source : Haaretz .

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Israel Is Becoming a Pariah State. We Need Massive Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Until Netanyahu Is Ousted (Original Post) Israeli Tuesday OP
Post removed Post removed Tuesday #1
I have seen sabbat hunter Tuesday #2
They have never stopped Israeli Yesterday #5
"There can be no compromise between the destroyers of Israel and its defenders." Beastly Boy Tuesday #3
Kudos to all those protesting RockCreek Tuesday #4
Thank you Israeli Yesterday #6
Thank YOU! RockCreek 17 hrs ago #7

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sabbat hunter

(7,015 posts)
2. I have seen
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:59 AM
Tuesday

some reports of protests against Bibi, and what is going on on Gaza, in Israel. Have these protests ended/gotten smaller?

Israeli

(4,431 posts)
5. They have never stopped
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 03:15 AM
Yesterday

Last edited Wed Jul 30, 2025, 03:54 AM - Edit history (1)

even during the 12 days bombardment from Iran they continued although banned
by the Home Front Command .....smaller then of course .

Hasnt reached to the numbers yet before Oct 7th but thats because we have been
on a war footing ( not sure thats the correct english )

Used to be we could protest with the whole family but not anymore .
Its become to dangerous to take small children so its hard to find babysitters
when most families have someone either active in the army or reservists.

The largest protests are usually on a Saturday night in Tel Aviv also in
Jerusalem and Haifa .
They are not limited to just the cities tho or to Saturdays , all across the country
at main intersections and junctions during the week to.

There was a large one last Thursday in Tel Aviv .



This one is in Jerusalem

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vq_eqixGYvc

This one is in Haifa .



This one an Israeli Arab area .

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tk339GOKz4Y




Beastly Boy

(13,174 posts)
3. "There can be no compromise between the destroyers of Israel and its defenders."
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 01:01 PM
Tuesday

Last edited Tue Jul 29, 2025, 01:57 PM - Edit history (1)

The distinction between the two is not as hard to Israelis, but making it takes a bit of awareness and an elementary nuanced judgement from the rest of us. And it needs to be made, clearly and concisely, regardless of prevailing social media trends.

But that is not enough. Continuous focus on the destroyers of Israel, even when they are clearly identified (which is rarely the case), will not make a dent in their grip on power.

It is the absolute, overwhelming, unequivocal and continuous support for the defenders of Israel from all over the world that can boost their struggle.

There are millions of them in Israel. Yet, they are rarely paid attention to. Certainly, no credit from the mass media. They are being left to fend for themselves in defending their country.

This is no less of an outrage than what the destroyers of Israel are perpetrating.

RockCreek

(1,059 posts)
4. Kudos to all those protesting
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 04:08 PM
Tuesday

And to all those who have continued to protest, who persevere, year after year.

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