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This is opinion by Yuval Harari, who has become a public intellectual worldwide and maybe something of a leading figure in the current protests in Israel. Most

This is opinion by Yuval Harari, who has become a public intellectual worldwide and maybe something of a leading figure in the current protests in Israel. Most FT readers will already be somewhat familiar with the situation in Israel so it's not written as a backgrounder. For that you might try: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65086871 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65086871 Edit: Another decent backgrounder is https://apnews.com/article/netanyahu-israel-hospital-judicial-overhaul-protests-closures-fb595629e7033ee34d246ee9a367c4d4 https://apnews.com/article/netanyahu-israel-hospital-judicia...

tguvot 3y ago
he is most definitely not "something of a leading figure". even with "maybe" prepended
- malloryerik 3y ago
  Fair enough; it may just be how it looks from my vantage point as a non-Israeli. I should also have said "major voice" instead of "leading figure" but that might also be wrong. That said I watched him (on YouTube) give what looked like a major address to an enormous group of demonstrators. So, who would you say are the major voices of the protests?
  - tguvot 3y ago
    pretty much everybody who had >10k twitter followers probably could address demonstrators. Protests are managed and organized by people who are listed on this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israeli_judicial_reform_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israeli_judicial_reform_p.... kiYou can say that they are the voices of protests. Opposition parties (with their structures) stay aside, in order to avoid accusations that that protests are simply a way to bring coalition down, etc. During protests there is a bunch of people who make speeches, including current opposition leaders, ex supreme court judges, ex president, ex leaders/ministers from right parties, etc. Pretty much everybody fairly known in Israel.
    - malloryerik 3y ago
      Thanks. I appreciate the info and your explanations.

tguvot 3y ago

he is most definitely not "something of a leading figure". even with "maybe" prepended

malloryerik 3y ago
Fair enough; it may just be how it looks from my vantage point as a non-Israeli. I should also have said "major voice" instead of "leading figure" but that might also be wrong. That said I watched him (on YouTube) give what looked like a major address to an enormous group of demonstrators. So, who would you say are the major voices of the protests?
- tguvot 3y ago
  pretty much everybody who had >10k twitter followers probably could address demonstrators. Protests are managed and organized by people who are listed on this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israeli_judicial_reform_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israeli_judicial_reform_p.... kiYou can say that they are the voices of protests. Opposition parties (with their structures) stay aside, in order to avoid accusations that that protests are simply a way to bring coalition down, etc. During protests there is a bunch of people who make speeches, including current opposition leaders, ex supreme court judges, ex president, ex leaders/ministers from right parties, etc. Pretty much everybody fairly known in Israel.
  - malloryerik 3y ago
    Thanks. I appreciate the info and your explanations.