What’s behind the massive protests in Israel?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 749 Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
A general strike and massive protests took place in Tel Aviv after the bodies of six Israeli captives were found in a Gaza tunnel by Israeli forces. Huge numbers of protesters are calling for Netanyahu to sign a deal to return the remaining captives. What do these protests signify about the growing calls and pressure for a ceasefire agreement in Israel?
In this episode:
- Oren Ziv (@OrenZiv_), Israeli Journalist, +972 Magazine
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li, Khaled Soltan, and Ashish Malhotra with Duha Mosaad, Shraddha Joshi, Hagir Saleh, Phillip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah, Tamara Khandaker, and our host Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:11.0 | Today, the massive protests that brought Israel to a halt. |
| 0:20.0 | We're grieving the death of six hostages. |
| 0:23.3 | They should have come back alive. |
| 0:25.2 | They could have come back alive. |
| 0:27.0 | We need a deal now. |
| 0:29.8 | Is the anger over the government's failure |
| 0:32.0 | to bring home captives at a tipping point? |
| 0:36.4 | I'm Malika Bilal and this is the take. |
| 0:46.2 | It's definitely a tipping point inside Israel |
| 0:49.0 | with big parts of the Israeli society, not all of them, |
| 0:52.4 | but the center left, kind of liberal society |
| 0:55.6 | saying enough is enough. |
| 0:59.0 | My name is Orrin Ziv. |
| 1:00.8 | I'm a journalist with Class 972 magazine and local call, independent outlets based in Israel and Palestine. |
| 1:09.7 | Oren, welcome back to the take. |
| 1:12.2 | Israel has just seen its largest demonstrations in months. |
| 1:19.4 | Tens of thousands filled the streets across the country earlier this week, |
| 1:24.0 | and a general strike brought parts of Tel Aviv to a standstill. |
| 1:30.3 | Takeoffs delayed at the airport, roads blocked, businesses closed. |
| 1:34.7 | You were there for part of that. |
| 1:37.0 | Tell me what protesters have been calling for. |
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