Although the "summer of discontent" has forced the government to begrudgingly acknowledge the depth of public dissatisfaction with Israel’s social reality, the challenge for the protestors must now be to turn momentum into concrete results. The government’s establishment of a panel to conduct a dialogue with the protest leaders is the beginning of negotiations. As the end game moves closer, the protestors’ all-encompassing demands must be refined into practical measures to realize their vision of social justice. There can be few changes more crucial than electoral reform, which would make our representatives truly accountable to the people.
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