13-09-06 Israel: "The Protest Guards"

Over the past year a new technique has emerged in the Israeli Social Protest movement - "Protest Guards". Such Guards include, among others:
* "Parliament (Knesset) Gaurds" - individuals that make a point of appearing in various general and committee sessions to witness and report the going ons;
* Guards in front of the residence of the Treasury Minster's residence on a weekly basis - to protest the austerity measures;
* Guards in front of the residence of the Natural Resources Minister on a weekly basis - to protest the theft of gas fields, and starting this week -
* Guards in front of the residence of the Minister of Justice - to protest the corrupt justice system.
Needless to say, none of this could ever happen in the United States without violent response by police!

P.S.

As previously mentioned, women's power is an important factor in the Israseli protest movement.  in Hebrew, verbs and adjectives are declined in masculine or feminine, and women insist on phrasing protest messages in the feminine (versus the old English and Hebrew style dictum "men embrace women").  Therefore, the portests sign on the left, against privatization of newly discovered gas fields with minimum royalties to the treasury, is phrased in the feminine...