Social Protests in the Summer of 2011 A Study of the Novel

D, Eman Mohamed Reda Elwa

doi:10.21608/mkasu.2025.401495.1488

Social Protests in the Summer of 2011 A Study of the Novel "Summer of the Millionaires" by Itzik Aviv, as a Model

Document Type : Academic scientific reviews of any other material related to the main domains of this Journal.

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Eman Mohamed Reda Elwa D

Assistant Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature Department of Linguistics and Semitic and Oriental Studies Faculty of Dar Al Uloom - Aswan University

10.21608/mkasu.2025.401495.1488

Abstract

A wave of social protests erupted in Israel during the summer of 2011, initiated and led by educated young people from the Ashkenazi middle class. The reasons for the outbreak of these protests were attributed to several factors, including the Israeli government's adoption of a new "neoliberal" economic policy, which worked to reduce government spending on public social services, such as education, healthcare, housing, social welfare, and employment. It also privatized the public sector and changed the tax system, which benefited the wealthy and large capital classes and placedstate, the global financial crisis in 2008, and the impact ofburden on the middle and poor classes. It also adopted a complete adoption of free market economic policies without any significant role for the Israeli government, which le financial crisis in 2008, and the impact of the Arab Spring revolutions in both Tunisia and Egypt. The study also examines the results of these protests and the reasons for their failure.

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