Cities fight for autonomy: A view from an ongoing protest in Israel

Nufar Avni

doi:10.1177/09697764231201563

Cities fight for autonomy: A view from an ongoing protest in Israel

Nufar Avni^*

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Department of Geography

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In this commentary, I use the current protest movement in Israel as an entry point to discuss urban autonomy and social protest in an age of growing polarization between progressive cities and reactionary states. While the nationwide protest is not explicitly framed in urban versus national terms, it has a clear urban dimension. Tel-Aviv-Jaffa is not only the place where the protest movement is the strongest, but the municipality also leverages the protest to demand enhanced autonomy against the right-wing government’s illiberal agendas. I suggest that viewing urban protest through an urban autonomy lens is useful to fully unpack the current wave of protest and situate it within the larger political processes that shape it.

Original language	American English
Journal	European Urban and Regional Studies
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/09697764231201563
State	Accepted/In press - 2023

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This project has received funding from Israel Science Foundation, grant no. 2164/22.

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Keywords

Israeli protest movement
progressive cities
Tel-Aviv-Jaffa
urban autonomy
urban protest
urban-national polarization
urban-rural divide

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