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oghdi t1_jdnto48 wrote

The numbers are 330,000 in tel aviv. Over 600,000 in all of israel.

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WeedWacker25 t1_jdo7di4 wrote

So approximately 6% of the population.

To put it into perspective:

Hong Kong protests in 2019: 1-2 million people, represented around 13-27% of the total population of 7.5 million.

March for Our Lives in the United States in 2018: 1.2-2 million people, represented around 0.4-0.6% of the total population of 327 million.

Arab Spring protests in Egypt in 2011: 17 million people, represented around 20% of the total population of 83 million.

Black Lives Matter protests in the United States in 2020: 15-26 million people, represented around 4.5-7.8% of the total population of 331 million.

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nidarus t1_jdodh8d wrote

>Black Lives Matter protests in the United States in 2020: 15-26 million people, represented around 4.5-7.8% of the total population of 331 million.

Note that this is the estimated total number of participants by the end of June 2020, not the amount in any specific protest. The equivalent figure for Israel is 19% of the population that participated in at least one protest. Out of them, 11% went to multiple protests.

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Exodus111 t1_jdq9k0r wrote

Cool. They still voted for him though.

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ConqueredCabbage t1_jdqbocq wrote

This is not the US, the PM is just the one that gathered enough parties to vote for him. Netanyahu's own party got 23% of the votes, but joined forces with other right-wing and orthodox jewish parties.

to put in perspective - Lapid, the head of the opposition, got 17% votes for his party, and Gantz's party got 9%, so together they actually have more voters. They just don't recruit the orthodox jews, else they could've actually formed a coalition even now (not gonna happen ever, but those are the numbers)

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Exodus111 t1_jdqbzzy wrote

23% is pretty good in a parliamentary system.

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Nileghi t1_jdqk0la wrote

Crucially, 45% of Likud's voters are disatisfied with this coalition, and polls indicate that the opposition would win if elections were held today.

Its a /r/LeopardsAteMyFace moment yes, but thank god some sanity among their voters is happening instead of like, doubling down on the problem like Trump or Putin supporters

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