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In summer 2011, Israel was swept by unprecedented political protest as multiple encampments occupied streets and mass rallies were held weekly in Tel Aviv and other cities. The article focuses on the spatial politics of this protest, analysing the particular strategies it used to activise urban public space. The protest initially reflected a specific urban context and limited agenda—namely, the lack of affordable housing in Tel Aviv. However, as it materialised and expanded in public space, it also became more inclusive, incorporating more marginalised publics and places, addressing long-standing socio-spatial inequalities between Israel's 'centre' and 'periphery', and advancing a message of 'social justice'—with the noted exception of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. The analysis of the Israeli protest foregrounds some dynamics that it shares with other 'global' protests in 2011, from Tahrir Square to Occupy Wall Street, pointing to the spatial politics of centrality, multiplicity and 'media-space', a mutually enforcing relationship between physical public space and mainstream and social media.

"Der Beitrag beleuchtet die Hintergründe der studentischen Protestbewegung im Herbst 2009 an der Universität Wien aus Sicht eines Partizipierenden. Medientheoretische und gesellschaftskritische Aspekte der Proteste werden ebenso aufgezeigt wie protestinterne Differenzen und der innerstudentische Widerstand gegen die Besetzung. Schließlich wird auf die Reaktionen innerhalb der akademischen Psychologie eingegangen und ein Ausblick auf die Konsequenzen der Bewegung versucht." (Autorenreferat)

This research seeks to spotlight the phenomenon of the social protest movement that has swept a number of the Arab States. The researcher relied on the historical points of departure and sociology and political terminology in monitoring these movements so as to describe them and determine their identity, history, components, strength and ability to affect change. This came within a gradual approach starting with the onset of the Arab uprisings and ending with the time of preparing this discourse. The researcher point of departure was that no matter how the political system tries to safeguard itself through despotism, violence and security forces, it will reach a point where it cannot meet the internal challenges, since these arise from one side of the equation of the composition of the state… which means the people. And in order to put this assumption to the test, the researcher posed a set of principles, and adopted the historical approach, the approach of the systems, as well the approach of the decision – maker and political participation. The research concluded that the these protest movements face immense challenges… like the fear of falling into chaos, confusion or the trap of time slackness that cause them to lose momentum. Those in charge of these movements must be vigilant so as not to go outside the desired objectives.