Epoch-making protests rock Israel (Protes membuat zaman keras Israel)

REVIEW 2012: Tel Aviv: Some of an estimated 400,000 Israelis demonstrate in Tel Aviv on September 3, 2011 against rising housing prices and social inequalities in the Jewish state (Tel Aviv: Anggaran sebahagian daripada 400,000 Israel demonstrate di Tel Aviv pada 3 September 2011 terhadap kenaikan harga rumah dan ketidaksamaan sosial di negeri Yahudi)

Beratus-ratus ribu penunjuk perasaan anti-kerajaan telah mengambil jalan-jalan di bandar-bandar Israel yang menuntut "keadilan sosial." Perhimpunan ini telah pun dipanggil terbesar dalam sejarah negara Yahudi. Menurut media tempatan, lebih daripada 400,000 Israel mengambil jalan-jalan di bandar-bandar di seluruh negara pada malam Sabtu. Lebih 300,000 berkata akan membantah di Tel Aviv berhampiran kediaman Perdana Menteri Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, dan lebih daripada 100,000 menunjukkan di tempat lain, terutamanya di Haifa dan Yerusalem.

Angka-angka yang dianggarkan ialah pecah rekod, melebihi lebih 300,000 orang yang telah mengambil bahagian dalam demonstrasi yang serupa pada 6 Ogos. Penganjur telah dubbing yang perhimpunan "Juta Orang Mac," berharap bahawa 1 juta orang akan berpaling pada jalan-jalan di Israel. Tidak berlaku apa-apa laporan daripada pihak polis lagi. Ramai Israel marah dengan kos hidup dan pengendalian kerajaan isu-isu sosial, termasuk pendidikan dan penjagaan kesihatan. Orang mengatakan ia adalah terlalu mahal untuk hidup di Israel.

Para penunjuk perasaan mahu Perdana Menteri Netanyahu untuk menggubal pembaharuan ekonomi. 1 jawatankuasa untuk memeriksa panggilan untuk pembaharuan telah ditubuhkan, tetapi Perdana Menteri telah memberi amaran beliau tidak dapat memenuhi semua permintaan penunjuk perasaan. Demonstrasi yang paling terbaru menandakan minggu ke-8 berturut-turut protes di seluruh Israel. "Juta Orang Mac" pergerakan bermula pada pertengahan bulan Julai apabila beberapa Israel marah mendirikan khemah bantahan di Tel Aviv dan bandar-bandar lain di seluruh negara.

Pakar-pakar berkata Israel menuju ke arah yang salah

Gershon Baskin, penganalisis konflik Israel-Palestin, berkata pergolakan sosial di kalangan kelas menengah Israel adalah tanda kuat bahawa negara ini sedang menuju ke arah yang salah. Daripada membiayai penempatan di wilayah yang diduduki bernilai berbilion-bilion dolar, Israel perlu menghabiskan tunai ke atas pembinaan domestik dan program-program sosial.

"Jurang antara kaya dan miskin di Israel telah berkembang. Ia telah pergi dari masyarakat yang sejak 30 tahun lalu adalah salah satu yang paling egalitarian di DUNIA, mempunyai jurang ke-2 terluas antara kaya dan miskin hanya selepas Amerika Syarikat, "Baskin kepada RT. "Kita mempunyai masalah falsafah privatizational yang semakin meningkat bahawa Perdana Menteri kita mematuhi. Dan apa yang kita telah melihat diswastakan di Israel sejak beberapa tahun yang lalu adalah perkhidmatan sosial yang perlu disediakan oleh kerajaan.

"Kita mendengar banyak suara di Israel apabila meminta penunjuk perasaan dan orang-orang yang membawa mereka - di mana sekiranya wang itu datang dari membayar untuk semua perkhidmatan sosial dan bagi menutup jurang tersebut? Dua jawapan yang datang agak kerap: 1 - mengambil wang dari bajet ketenteraan yang sangat tinggi dan yang lain adalah untuk memindahkan wang yang akan penempatan di wilayah yang diduduki untuk membina di dalam negara sepatutnya, "katanya.

Experts say Israel is heading in wrong direction

Gershon Baskin, Israeli-Palestinian conflict analyst, says the social unrest amongst Israel’s middle class is a strong sign that the country is heading in the wrong direction. Instead of financing settlements in the occupied territories to the tune of billions of dollars, Israel should be spending the cash on domestic construction and social programs.

“The gaps between rich and poor in Israel have grown. It has gone from a society that 30 years ago was one of the most egalitarian in the world, to having the second widest gap between rich and poor only after the US,” Baskin told RT. “We have a problem of increasing privatizational philosophy that our Prime Minister adheres to. And what we’ve seen privatized in Israel over the past years are social services which should be provided by the government.

“We heard a lot of voices in Israel when asking the protesters and those who are leading them – where should the money come from to pay for all these social services and to close the gaps? Two answers come quite often: one - take money away from the very high military budget and the other is to transfer money which is going to the settlements in the occupied territories to building inside of the country proper,” he added.

 

Yehudit Oppenheimer, pengarah eksekutif Ir Amim, sebuah NGO Israel, percaya perhimpunan anti-kerajaan menandakan saat yang luar biasa dalam sejarah Israel, kerana "walaupun dalam masa yang ketegangan politik dan serangan pengganas," orang ramai masih mengambil jalan-jalan kepada menuntut keadilan sosial.

"Saya fikir rakyat telah melihat sebuah kerajaan yang mencipta harapan tidak," katanya.

Yehudit Oppenheimer, executive director of Ir Amim, an Israeli NGO, believes the anti-government rallies mark a remarkable moment in the history of Israel, because “even in a time of political tensions and terror attacks,” people still take to the streets to demand social justice.

“I think people have seen a government that creates no hope,” she said.

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Epoch-making protests rock Israel

Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets of Israeli cities demanding “social justice.” The rally has already been called the largest in the history of the Jewish state. According to local media, more than 400,000 Israelis took to the streets in cities across the country on Saturday night. More than 300,000 are said to be protesting in Tel Aviv near the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence, and more than 100,000 demonstrated elsewhere, particularly in Haifa and Jerusalem.

The estimated figures were record breaking, exceeding even the 300,000 people who took part in similar demonstration on August 6. Organizers have been dubbing the rally the “Million Man March,” hoping that 1 million people will turn out on the streets of Israel. There have not been any reports from the police yet. Many Israelis are angry with living costs and the government's handling of social issues, including education and health care. People say it is simply too expensive to live in Israel.

The protestors want Prime Minister Netanyahu to enact economic reforms. A committee to examine the call for reforms has been formed, but the prime minister has warned he cannot meet all the protesters' demands. The most recent demonstration marked the eighth week in a row of protests around Israel. The “Million Man March" movement began in mid-July when some angry Israelis set up protest tents in Tel Aviv and other cities across the country.