People and democracy

Democracy is not just enforcing the will of the majority, but rather a commitment to values and principles.

What is the place of popular protest in democracy? How should groups of citizens deal with undemocratic decisions by elected governments? How should the state deal with dissent? These are some of the questions that two distant parts of the world, France and Israel, have been grappling with for over a month now as hundreds of thousands of people have come out on the streets to defend what they consider their civil liberties and social rights.