OWS BLOOMS: Tens of Thousands Flooded Israel's Streets Demanding Economic Justice for the 99%

[kpete]

SAT OCT 29, 2011 AT 11:35 AM PDT
Tens of Thousands Flooded Israel's Streets Demanding Economic Justice for the 99% as #OWS Blooms
byThe TroubadourFollowfor



Tonight's rallies, which happened all across Israel, will be followed next week by the nation's first-ever citizen-led general strike on November 1, one day before Occupy Oakland will engage in a similar effort. Nearly 5,000 Israelis have already pledged to participate.

The numbers at tonight's rallies appear to have been dampened by tragic events tonight, including rocket attacks on the southern part of the country (from Islamic Jihad in Gaza) that killed one Israeli and an Israeli bombing raid in Gaza that killed at least seven. And yet, remarkably, tens of thousand of protesters flooded the combined streets of Jerusalem, Kiryat Shmonah and Tel Aviv, as well as a number of other location around Israel.

In the midst of a tragic security situation, such numbers would never have marched before in Israel.

Things are changing.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/29/1031194/-Tens-of-Thousands-Flooded-Israels-Streets-Demanding-Economic-Justice-for-the-99-as-OWS-Blooms?via=siderec

[annabanana]

1. Of all the news blackouts we've experienced, THIS is probably the

most harmful to the US and our Foreign Policy.

[KittyWampus]

2. Even here on DU, many liberals automatically equate the Likud Far Right with Israel as a whole.

[annabanana]

3. That is because we, as Americans, have been denied nearly ALL

information that contradicts that false confluence. It is one thing that ALL the media outlets have agreed to block. (sadly, even here)

[Kaleko]

4. Let's see if we can keep this info kicked to the top

for at least a while.

Thanks for the thread.

[annabanana]

6. I will kick through to Monday for the cube ratz. . . n/t

[Fumesucker]

8. Part of it is because the Israeli far right seems to control foreign policy..

And evidently most domestic policy too.

Sounds rather familiar actually.

[roguevalley]

11. sad isn't it. this is awesome. if they keep raiding the camps here

then it will only resolve and ignite the rest of the world.

[Caretha]

5. K&R

This is important!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

7. Wow, this is worldwide!!!! nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. There it started over six months ago

But I gave up posting here due to dungeon.

[lunatica]

10. This is great!

I sure hope Netanyahu doesn't send thugs to arrest them.

[Kaleko]

12. Israeli military/police against tens of thousands?

That would be a watershed moment in history.

The people in the perception management business would have to spin that one so hard, they'd be digging their own graves.

[Kaleko]

13. kick

[Kaleko]

14. ...

[annabanana]

15. kicking for visibility. . . n/t

[anamandujano]

16. Great!

I just tried to rec but it's too late. Thanks for kicking everyone. I would have missed it otherwise.

[annabanana]

17. And a Tuesday kick. . . . n/t

[leftynyc]

18. And it looks like the Israeli

government got the picture:

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/israel-and-palestine/111031/israel-occupy-wall-street-tax-corporations-rich

From the article:

JERUSALEM — Israel’s summertime protest movement, which was occupying “Wall Street” before it was cool, can now celebrate their first major tangible success.

At a Sunday cabinet meeting the government approved the restructuring of Israel’s tax system, shifting a few degrees of the social burden onto corporations and the very rich.