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In contrast, neoliberal states like Israel, America, Britain and others serve wealth and power interests only, spurning their social obligations altogether, disingenuously saying it's for the greater good.
Netanyahu lied urging "financial responsibility alongside social sensitivity," when he favors the former only but won't say.
As a result, achieving social justice requires protest leaders accepting nothing less, or as Haifa University student Adi Gross said:
"These protests are not going to stop before a (just)," solution is found," and social worker Suhair Halabi added:
"Nobody is free until everybody is free," saying also "(w)e are fighting a national and a class battle" too important to lose.
Going for broke is crucial. It's critical that spirit and energy driving it not be lost. Otherwise, the battle for social justice will be, letting an historic moment pass unfulfilled.
A Final Comment
Working cooperatively with Netanyahu's government, municipal authorities began harassing protest encampments, forcibly trying to disrupt them by dismantling tent cities.
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