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A protestor is holding a signpost adressing the prime minister of Israel "Netanyahu, the housing prices in this country are the most expensive in the world relatively to our salary. you need to keep your promise. and don't forget Gilad Schalit. Rightists and Leftists all as one!". Tel-Aviv, July 31, 2011.
Two weeks after the protest over housing distress arisen in Israel, demonstrations sweeping the country. More than 150,000 people took part in protests nationwide calling for socioeconomic changes, demanding "social justice". Hundreds of people placed tents in central locations of major cities as their protest encampments ("tent cities"). What only started as a protest over expensive housing, rapidly accelerated to be the Israeli summer of discontent.
Two weeks after the protest over housing distress arisen in Israel, demonstrations sweeping the country. More than 150,000 people took part in protests nationwide calling for socioeconomic changes, demanding "social justice". Hundreds of people placed tents in central locations of major cities as their protest encampments ("tent cities"). What only started as a protest over expensive housing, rapidly accelerated to be the Israeli summer of discontent.
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- Nadav Neuhaus
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