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Public housing activists and other social activists protesting in front of the house of the new finance minister, Yair Lapid. April 6 2013 (photo: Yotam Ronen / Activestills)
Activists hold first protest against Israeli Finance Minister Lapid
Roughly 200 demonstrators gathered last night (Saturday) in front of new Finance Minister Yair Lapid’s north Tel Aviv home in protest of planned cuts to social services and benefits. The protesters demanded that the finance minister cover budget deficits by taxing the highest-earning Israelis, rather than cutting benefits to the poor and unemployed, as Lapid hinted he would do.  The…
By Noam Sheizaf April 6, 2013
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