Posted on 09/03/2011 10:12:10 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Israelis have again taken to the streets in mass protests over the high cost of living.
At least 250,000 people joined the protests, with the main rallies in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa, although some Israeli media put the turnout as high as 400,000.
They are the latest in a series of protests held throughout the summer.
Many Israelis are angry at the high cost of housing, food, education and health care.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has responded by forming a committee to examine calls for reform, although he has warned he cannot meet all the protesters' demands. Economic battlefield
The biggest protest on Saturday, part of what organisers had dubbed a Million Man March, appeared to be in Tel Aviv.
Student union president Itzik Shmuli told the crowd: "They told us that the movement was slowing down. Tonight we are showing that it's the opposite. We are the new Israelis, determined to continue the fight for a fairer and better society."
One banner read: "An entire generation wants a future" and another "The land of milk and honey, but not for everybody".
Jonathan Levy, one of the protest organisers, told the BBC: "All the non-rich people in Israel, no matter if they're secular or religious, old or young, realise that we've abandoned some really important battlefields in this country, that is economy, and we only dealt obsessively with security problems."
The BBC's Jon Donnison, in Tel Aviv, says the Israeli government - with its eyes on the impact of people-power elsewhere in the Middle East - has been taken a back by the spontaneity and scale of the demonstrations.
He says many other countries look enviously at Israel's growing economy but people here feel the wealth has not been shared.
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“...and we only dealt obsessively with security problems.”
You idiots! You’re surrounded by those that want your destruction.....INCLUDING the puppet pResident of the U.S.
A “swell” car or house in Israel isn’t going to matter under the barrage that’s coming your way.
(idiots abound across the globe...)
Should have read your link before commenting. Obviously, these Jews (secular) don’t realize their perilous geography or their enemies.
also just found this:
“The United States appears ready to once again interfere in Israel’s political system and remove an elected leader out of step with America’s agenda for the Middle East.”
http://www.indynewsisrael.com/us-preparing-to-oust-netanyahu
Useful idiots being led by Israel haters.
Out here in J&S, those who have cars give “tramps” to those without. If you’re short on bus fare and the driver knows you, you just promise to pay next time, and do. Housing is cheaper out here, too, and grows progressively moreso the more likely a bulldozer eviction becomes in the locality. Support social justice. Build more settlements.
A communist is a communist, no matter his blood heritage.
Why NOW is a US Democrat-led "mass" movement suddenly trumped up?
With the clock ticking on Soetero's tenure, perhaps the gut-Israel internationale senses it's now or never.
Useful idiots easily led by marxist scum...and I bet the ones instigating it came from the US.
No protests about the weather?
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