Huge protest piles pressure on Israeli PM for reform
By Ari Rabinovitch | China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-05 08:00
Israelis take part in a demonstration calling for lower living costs and social justice in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Tens of thousands marched in what protest leaders called "a moment of truth". Ronen Zvulun / Reuters |
TEL AVIV, Israel - Hundreds of thousands marched on Saturday for lower living costs in the largest such rally in Israel's history, bolstering a social change movement and mounting pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take on economic reform.
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