It's a funny juxtaposition with Syria.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2011_Syrian_uprising" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_...</a>
It's a (not so)funny juxtaposition with Gaza.
<a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/gazaoneyearon/2009/12/20091230113310410824.html" rel="nofollow">http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/gazaoneyearon/2009/12/200...</a>
This is badly written. The first paragraph of the article suggests the civil disobedience in Israel is far from classy, but in fact that first paragraph describes London and is meant to be juxtaposed to the next paragraphs that describe the protests in Israel. Some commenters already interpreted it wrongly.