Summary
The mass protest movement that formed in Israel in the summer of 2011, which Shir Hever reads as demonstrating both the impoverishment of the Israeli middle class under inequalities produced by colonial exploitation and dispossession, and the obstacles facing a social justice movement in an ethnically unjust society (Exploitation of Palestinian Labour in Contemporary Zionist Colonialism, PDF p.7-8 / printed p.130-131).
Details
- The establishment saw an opportunity to repress the protest by hinting that the protestors are not patriotic enough, that ‘social justice’ might undermine Jewish superiority, and by reinforcing the notion that security needs come before economic needs (PDF p.8).
- Hever’s proposed Palestinian use of the moment is a Politics of Inclusion recruiting dissatisfied groups within Israeli society (PDF p.8).
Related pages
Exploitation of Palestinian Labour in Contemporary Zionist Colonialism, Politics of Inclusion, Exploitation and Dispossession