Israelis have again taken to the streets in mass protests over the high cost of living.
September 3, 2011
On this day thousands of Israelis marched through the downtown streets in demand of reforms in taxation and education, a change in labor laws and low cost to purchase or rent a home, a product of Minister BenjaminNetanyahu’s neoliberal policy.
Organizers exceeded the figure of 450 thousand people over the 300 thousand who hadgone last month, in what was the largest demonstration in history for reasons unrelated to the conflict in the Middle East.
The biggest demonstration was in Tel Aviv, where about 300 000 people gathered inKikar Hamedina Square in the center of the city. Protesters carried banners that read “People Power” or messages to the Prime Minister “Bibi Netanyahu, go home” and shouted slogans like ”We want social justice.”
This protest, the largest one, joins a series of marches by demonstrators during the Israeli summer. The first was held in July in the city of Tel Aviv.
Bibi Netanyahu appointed a committee led by the Argentine economist ManuelTrajtenberg to analyze socio-economic changes. Trajtenberg said it will submit its recommendations the next Jewish festivals in late September.
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