"Where There Is Struggle, There Is Hope": Inside Israel’s Growing Anti-War Movement

Nadav Shofet from Standing Together - a grassroots Jewish-Arab movement - speaks to SBS about the rise in Israeli protests calling for an end to the war in Gaza and the return of all hostages. He describes growing public support, state repression, and how joint Jewish–Palestinian activism is offering an alternative vision rooted in hope, justice and solidarity.

Israeli and Arab activists carry flour bags and a banner reading in Hebrew and Arabic 'standing together against starvation' as they take part in a rally calling for an end to the war on Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, 22 July 2025. EPA/ABIR SULTAN Source: EPA / ABIR SULTAN/EPA/AAP Image

Nadav Shofet, member of the leadership of Standing Together, in conversation with SBS, 24 July 2025 Source: SBS / SBS

Polls show that around 75% to 80% of people in Israel want a deal to bring all the hostages back home and to end the war for good in Gaza. But our government is not listening to the public. It is increasingly authoritarian

Nadav Shofet

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"Where There Is Struggle, There Is Hope": Inside Israel’s Growing Anti-War Movement

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