The Modern Israeli Social Justice Protests & the Black Panthers

This news segment (07:28) was produced following the 2011 social justice protests in which hundreds of thousands of Israelis opposed the rise in the cost of living and the deterioration of public services in Israel. It focuses on the the continued struggle of the Mizrahi Jews, represented by the “Not Nice Group,” who continue to suffer from discrimination and social and economic inequality. They are a modern-day reincarnation of the Black Panthers social protest group from the 1970s, named after then-Prime Minister Golda Meir’s infamous description of the original activists. The video includes a short tour of the Musrara neighborhood of Jerusalem with Black Panthers’ founder, Reuven Abergil, in which he discusses the social, economic and political context that led to the founding of the movement.