This comes from a post from the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation blog: 

 

"Social protest leaders held “Thousand Table” events throughout Israel on Saturday night, engaging citizens in dialogue on social issues in lieu of the mass protests taking place nearly every Saturday for over a month.

 

As a Daily Kos article noted, “The symbolic democratization of a protest movement occurred on Saturday as thousands of citizens across Israel gathered around tables, determined to talk, to transform their society through dialogue in the wake of the country’s largest-ever protest.”

 

An article on Haaretz.com noted that “The sessions will be led by 1,000 moderators, the report said, some of whom are professional life coaches, group leaders and mediators. The roundtable discussions are meant to take place in groups of ten that are to represent diverse segments of Israeli society…”

 

For more information, seehe National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation blog http://ncdd.org/5928