Palestinian Rights Absent from Israeli Protest Demands

Special thanks to The Real News Network and the Israeli Occupation Archive for this important report.

Anti-government demonstrations in Israel

(TEL AVIV Real News Network) - Last week an unofficial group of protesters released an 11 page document to the media with a list of demands.

The press conference was held after five weeks of social protests in Israel as part of a movement that started on July 14.

While the document listed the end of privatization policies as well as housing, education, health care, and taxation reforms, it did not include previously discussed points about the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel that make up a fifth of the population.

The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky teamed up with Ha’aretz journalist David Sheen during last Saturday’s protests to talk to demonstrators about why in the fight for social justice they are avoiding speaking about equal rights to all citizens of Israel, let alone the occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Tarachansky also interviewed +972 Magazine’s Joseph Dana and Muhammad Jabali, an activist who, part of the J14 movement, set up protest tents in the mixed Israeli-Palestinian city of Yafa.

Special thanks to The Real News Network and the Israeli Occupation Archive