Prof. Smadar Lavie discusses the possibilities and contradictions of the Ashkenazi-dominated protests against the government, and traces the efforts of a small cohort of Mizrahi activists to make their voices heard.
“Over the past few months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s radical right-wing coalition government has moved to curtail the independence of Israel’s judiciary and weaken the democratic separation of powers, against the backdrop of a frightening uptick of settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. This package of “judicial reforms” is an early sign of what is in store from the most right-wing government in Israel’s history — one in which Kahanists like Itamar Ben Gvir have received high-ranking appointments.”
Ben Lorber 
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