Israelis want social and economic “revolution” (Israel mahu sosial dan ekonomi ‘revolusi’)

REVIEW 2012: Israeli parents march with their children in a protest march against the rising living prices in central Tel Aviv,Israel, Thursday (TINJAUAN 2012: ibu bapa Israel perarakan dengan anak-anak mereka protes Mac terhadap harga hidup yang meningkat di tengah-tengah Tel Aviv, Israel, Khamis July 28, 2011)

"Mubarak. Assad. Netanyahu" - ini hanyalah salah satu slogan penunjuk perasaan Israel telah mengambil jalan-jalan untuk membantah dasar-dasar kerajaan mereka. Tetapi penganalisis Gidi Grinstein berhujah bahawa masalah sosial, bukan politik adalah sebab utama bagi kebangkitan mereka.

Orang di Israel berjuang untuk hak-hak sosial mereka, Gidi Grinstein dari Reut Institut pemikir kepada RT.

"Apa yang kita lihat di sini (di Israel) adalah kekangan utama kepada kelas pertengahan," katanya. "Dalam 1 tangan, gaji tidak banyak berubah dan di sisi lain - kos sara hidup telah meningkat secara mendadak. Di kawasan-kawasan yang penting untuk hidup, yang bermaksud perumahan, makanan, pengangkutan, keibubapaan, penjagaan kesihatan - semua kawasan-kawasan ini telah meningkat dan banyak lagi penduduk di sini mempunyai masa yang lebih sukar mencari rezeki ".

"1 lagi fenomena di sini ialah kita melihat orang-orang yang digunakan untuk menjadi kelas menengah, yang lebih terdedah kepada kejutan apa-apa dalam kehidupan mereka. Jika mereka sakit, jika ahli keluarga sakit, jika mereka kehilangan pekerjaan mereka, mereka boleh dijatuhkan ke dalam kemiskinan, "tambah Grinstein. Menurut kepada Grinstein, orang Israel telah diilhamkan oleh bantahan di Eropah. "Apa yang menjadi inspirasi masyarakat di sini ialah pergolakan sosial di tempat-tempat seperti Madrid dan Greece. Israel kelihatan lebih di Eropah berbanding di DUNIA Arab dari segi hak-hak mereka, kerana dasarnya kita mempunyai sistem demokrasi dan tiada satu pun di sini mahu menukar sistem pilihan raya mereka."

Israelis want social and economic “revolution”

“Mubarak. Assad. Netanyahu” - this is just one of the slogans Israeli protesters took to the streets to protest their government’s policies. But analyst Gidi Grinstein argues that social, not political trouble is the major reason for their uprising.

People in Israel are fighting for their social rights, Gidi Grinstein from Reut Institute think-tank told RT.

”What we are seeing here (in Israel) is a major crunch on the middle class,” he said. “On the one hand, salaries have stagnated and on the other hand - the cost of living has risen dramatically. In areas which are essential for life, which means housing, food, transportation, parenting, healthcare - all of these areas have risen and many more people here have a much harder time making ends meet.”

”Another phenomenon here is that we see people that used to be middle class, that are much more vulnerable to any shock in their life. If they are sick, if the member of family is sick, if they lose their job, they may be dropped into poverty,” Grinstein added. According to Grinstein, Israeli people have been inspired by protests in Europe. “What inspires people here is social unrest in places like Madrid and Greece. Israelis look more at Europe than at the Arab world in terms of their rights, because fundamentally we do have a democratic system and no one here wants to change their electoral system.”