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Noa Balf

Sep 10, 2020, 3:04 PM

Israelis are great at protesting – and their protests lead to zilch

Demonstrators protest the government's mismanagement of the fight against COVID-19 and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of his Jerusalem residence, Aug. 29, 2020. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The demonstrations, in their diversity, lack policy objectives. But if you want to influence the system, you have to participate in the system

About Me

Noa Balf is an expert on gender and politics focusing primarily on Israel. She is an affiliate of the Haifa Feminist Institute and received her PhD from the Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies at the University of Maryland-College Park.