As noted by Tony Karon in Time, January 4th, an alliance of Palestinians and Israelis in a popular struggle of unarmed protests against the Wall, the occupation, Palestinian house demolitions and evictions in East Jerusalem seems to be gaining steam and causing worry in Israel's government.
This is evidenced in the series of arrests, imprisonments of leaders from both the ranks of Palestinian and Israeli activists, (the Palestinian activists being treated much more harshly) deportations of Palestinian activists in East Jerusalem, and violent repression directed at protesters against the Wall in the West Bank.
Karon points out that their message is directed more toward international civil society than the Israeli public which has moved ever right-ward in recent years.
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