{{Short description|Israeli far-left, anti-zionist organization}} {{pp|small=yes}} {{Infobox organization | formation = {{start date and age|2020}} | native_name = הגוש הרדיקלי / كتله راديكاليه | logo = Radical Bloc logo (Israel).jpg | logo_caption = The logo used by the Radical Bloc on its various platforms | founding_location = Jaffa, Tel Aviv | purpose = Activism | headquarters = Jaffa, Tel Aviv | language = Arabic, Hebrew }}
'''Radical Bloc''' is an Israeli far-left organization, and a contingent of the Hadash party, based in Jaffa, Tel Aviv. The group was formed alongside the Anti-Occupation Bloc in the 2020–2021 protests against Benjamin Netanyahu, but is known to be more radical, anti-zionist and anti-militaristic then the Anti-Occupation Bloc.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Glanz |first=David |date=2024-05-02 |title=An Israeli Jewish activist speaks: 'Today I don't believe in the Zionist entity at all' – Solidarity Online |url=https://solidarity.net.au/highlights/an-israeli-jewish-activist-speaks-today-i-dont-believe-in-the-zionist-entity-at-all/ |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=solidarity.net.au |language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317172900/https://solidarity.net.au/highlights/an-israeli-jewish-activist-speaks-today-i-dont-believe-in-the-zionist-entity-at-all/|archive-date=2025-03-17}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Brison |first=Amos |date=2025-01-03 |title=What is the duty of the Israeli left in a time of genocide? |url=https://www.972mag.com/duty-of-the-israeli-left-in-genocide/ |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=+972 Magazine |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523072441/https://www.972mag.com/duty-of-the-israeli-left-in-genocide/|archive-date=2025-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Radical bloc (Israel) - Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières |url=https://europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?rubrique2945 |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=europe-solidaire.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250108133017/https://europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?rubrique2945|archive-date=2025-01-08}}</ref>
== History ==
=== Early phase === The Radical Bloc was created in 2020 during the 2020-2021 protests against Benjamin Netanyahu. Despite working closely with the Anti-Occupation Bloc, the movement has always been staunchly anti-zionist, bringing several Palestinian flags to protests from 2020 to 2023.<ref name=":0" /> Throughout this period, the group faced verbal and even physical attacks by other protesters, especially when holding onto Palestinian symbols, gaining a negative reputations among many participants.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Reiff |first=Ben |date=2023-01-25 |title='No democracy with apartheid': Inside the radical bloc at Israel's anti-gov't protests |url=https://www.972mag.com/radical-bloc-israel-protests-tel-aviv/ |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=+972 Magazine |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531223825/https://www.972mag.com/radical-bloc-israel-protests-tel-aviv/|archive-date=2024-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lamarche |first=Karine |date=2023 |title=The radical block within the demonstrations against the judicial reform (Israel, 2023). An attempt to challenge the Israeli hegemonic order |url=https://shs.cairn.info/journal-politix-2024-4-page-147?lang=en&tab=texte-integral |journal=Cairn.info|isbn=9782807380790|doi=10.3917/pox.148.0147}}</ref>
The movement rallied alongside the Anti-Occupation Bloc and other leftist organizations and parties during the 2023 Israeli judicial reform protests up until its latter phase.<ref name=":1" /> During the protests they openly criticized the evictions of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah, which had occurred in the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iraqi |first=Amjad |date=2021-12-19 |title=Israel set to expel Sheikh Jarrah family in the new year |url=https://www.972mag.com/sheikh-jarrah-salem-family-settlers/ |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=+972 Magazine |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250828203257/https://www.972mag.com/sheikh-jarrah-salem-family-settlers/|archive-date=2025-08-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Al Jazeera |title='Unbearable': Israel set to forcibly displace Palestinian family |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/1/5/sheikh-jarrah-palestinian-family-faces-forced-displacement |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250718081500/https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/1/5/sheikh-jarrah-palestinian-family-faces-forced-displacement|archive-date=2025-07-18}}</ref> and protested Zionism.
=== Recent developments === After the start of the Gaza War, on 7 October 2023, the group's positions started to become controversial even to its own allies. In November 2023, the Anti-Occupation Bloc officially cut its support and relations with the Radical Bloc, ending its occasional partnerships with the Bloc due to the RB's statements on the Israeli's actions in Gaza, calling them genocidal in nature.<ref name=":1" />
The RB kept up with its protests over the years, protesting US arm trade to Israel outside the US embassy back in 2024,<ref name=":0" /> organizing locally in a peaceful manner and in September 2025 gathered near the border of the Gaza Strip to denounce the Gaza War, the Israeli blockade and support the Global Sumud Flotilla.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2025-09-19 |title=I pescatori di Giaffa, gli attivisti ebrei e le barchette di carta contro l'assedio |url=https://ilmanifesto.it/i-pescatori-di-giaffa-gli-attivisti-ebrei-e-le-barchette-di-carta-contro-lassedio |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=il manifesto |language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250919225707/https://ilmanifesto.it/i-pescatori-di-giaffa-gli-attivisti-ebrei-e-le-barchette-di-carta-contro-lassedio|archive-date=2025-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-19 |title=Idf: "Forza senza precedenti su Gaza City, i residenti scappino". L'esercito israeliano avanza su due fronti: civili 'schiacciati' verso la costa |url=https://www.quotidiano.net/esteri/gaza-idf-israele-diretta-tiskh1tx |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=Quotidiano Nazionale |language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920144016/https://www.quotidiano.net/esteri/gaza-idf-israele-diretta-tiskh1tx|archive-date=2025-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fabbretti |first=Alessandra |date=2025-09-19 |title=VIDEO{{!}} Gaza, gli attivisti israeliani al confine: "Stop al genocidio" |url=https://www.dire.it/19-09-2025/1181507-video-gaza-gli-attivisti-israeliani-al-confine-stop-al-genocidio/ |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=Agenzia Dire |language=it-IT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250928151945/https://www.dire.it/19-09-2025/1181507-video-gaza-gli-attivisti-israeliani-al-confine-stop-al-genocidio/|archive-date=2025-09-28}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2025-09-19 |title=Israeli protesters march to Gaza border calling for war to end – video |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/sep/19/israeli-protesters-march-to-gaza-border-calling-for-an-end-to-war-video |access-date=2025-09-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In response to the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, the Radical Bloc held a protest in Tel Aviv during which they painted slogans on city streets including "Zionism is a death cult" and "We are conducting a holocaust in Gaza".<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 October 2025 |title="Zionism is a death cult”: 'Israeli' far-left group Radical Bloc Condemns 'Israel's' actions |url=https://en.royanews.tv/news/64184 |work=Roya News}}</ref>
== Ideology == The group can be identified as a radical leftist organization which opposes militarism, Jewish supremacy, corruption, apartheid policies, zionism, Israeli settlements in the West Bank and genocide. They are supportive of the recognition of a Palestinian State, a two state solution and LGBTQ rights.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" />
== Demography == The group is made up of Tel Avivim Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs, adopting two official languages and appealing to both groups.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />
== Bibliography == <references />
Category:2020 establishments in Israel Category:Organizations established in 2020 Category:Far-left politics in Israel Category:Jaffa Category:Organizations based in Tel Aviv