Israeli police are violently suppressing our growing anti-war protests

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from +972’s Sunday Recap
+972Magazine [published in Israel]
April 5, 2026

For the past month, Iddo Elam has been gathering with fellow Israeli radical left activists in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square to protest the war with Iran. As dissent spreads to the political center and these anti-war demonstrations expand, demonstrators face violent crackdowns by Israeli police — while opposition lawmakers are still nowhere to be seen.

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Reminder for Israelis that fascism cannot exist without an out group. The moment it stops being possible to invade those around them they will invade the homes of those they target next. All of this talk about LGBTQ rights from zionist libs is going to dry up faster than Ben Shapiro’s wife (who is a doctor).

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demonstrators face violent crackdowns by Israeli police — while opposition lawmakers are still nowhere to be seen.

As an American that feels all too relatable

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It should - American police are trained in Israeli tactics. Some US states like New York and Georgia literally send cops to Israel to learn protest suppression.

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Okay, totally hypothetical scenario here. What would happen if America bombed Israel?

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Samson option

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They’d all go bald? 🤔

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pretty much yes

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From radiation poisoning.

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A lot of people saying, “Now you know how Gazans feel”.

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seems israel have been keeping israeli protests out of the news since the war began, but before when benny was going through the convictions it was daily reports, but it immediately stopped, likely using the oct 7 as a distraction.

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These protestors arent bothered by israeli war crimes, they are bothered by those crimes being exposed.

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What are you basing that on?

The linked article roundly suggests that the protestors in question are staunchly anti-war and largely a non-zionist cohort.

From the outset, we protested because the consequences of this unlawful war were clear. It threatened to ignite a regional conflict that would claim countless civilian lives across the Middle East. To us, its stated objectives echoed past catastrophic Western attempts at regime change that produced nothing but prolonged instability and devastation.

Prominent figures of the Zionist left like Yair Golan, and members of anti-government protest groups like “Brothers and Sisters in Arms” (who previously declared their refusal to show up for reserve duty in protest of Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul) failed to show up for a simple reason: They do not oppose the war. The sobering reality is that, beyond a handful of Palestinian and non-Zionist Jewish MKs, there is no genuine parliamentary opposition to the war.

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It’s still so weird to me to see “cohort” used this way

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There are plenty of Israelis within Israel who are opposed to Israel’s war crimes and other crimes against humanity. If you doubt this, I recommend checking out the journalistic outlet +972, which has an editorial team of both Israelis and Palestinians, and have been speaking out against the Israeli state since 2010. They’ve written at length about how hard it is to operate within Israel when journalism such as theirs is heavily suppressed, but much of their work is also available in Hebrew, because they aren’t just writing for an international audience

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Its good to hear that, thanks!

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