Israel's Tent Protests: Whose 'Social Justice'?
From Huffington Post on 8/8/2011 at 10:19 PM
Categories: Israel, Culture
With the four-week old Israeli cost-of-living tent protests swelling in intensity -- capped by 300,000 demonstrators taking to the streets on Saturday night -- I am fascinated by the fact that the term "social justice" has become a household word. The official slogan of the demonstrations -- "The nation demands social justice!" (Ha'Am doresh tzedek chevrati!) -- involves the headiest and most ethereal of concepts. But commentators have been rightly asking whether the use of the term "social justice" is deserved. …More


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