Current sectionIsrael NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeMicha Popper. "In the chaos, the toxicity and the evil, you understand that reality can be changed and that there is hope."What Micha Popper, an expert on leadership development and a 2026 Israel Prize laureate, saw in the last three years while documenting the protest group Brothers and Sisters in Arms is a testament to the collective might of ordinary citizens10:40 PM • July 02 2026 IDTOn October 7, 2023, Micha Popper followed his years-long Saturday morning routine of bicycling with a group of friends along the beach not far from Zichron Yaakov, south of Haifa. As the Hamas attack unfolded, the bikers, all former members of elite units in the Israel Defense Forces – and regulars in the protest movement against the government's regime coup – returned to their homes, but not for long.In the NewsA Smaller Maccabiah Opens in Israel, Carrying the Weight of Oct. 7 and WarsState Watchdog-designate Asked Former AG to Involve Netanyahu in Judicial PicksThe Scandal Over a Revised Gaza Death Toll Is Actually an Attack on JournalismBold, Almost Reckless: Israeli Scientists Seek to Block the Sun's RadiationGermany's Ambassador to Israelis: Steffen Seibert Leaves His PostRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAdvanced Israeli Systems Sold to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Documents and Images ShowIsrael 2026 Election Poll Tracker: The Latest ProjectionsWhy Israelis Should Stop Being Afraid of Mamdani-backed Brad LanderSettlers Tried to Torch Palestinian Homes. They Messed With the Wrong Village103 Nails on the Map: How Israel's Government Is Burying the Two-state SolutionArab World Erupts Over Egypt–Iran LGBT 'Pride Match' in Seattle