Mass Protests Against High Cost of Housing in Israel
Submitted on July 29, 2011
By Jean Shaoul - WSWS
The rent protests began two weeks ago. Tent cities have sprung up across the country to highlight the housing shortage and extortionate rents. What started as a largely middle class protest in Tel Aviv’s smart Rothschild Boulevard has been taken up by the National Union of University Students, which set up tent cities involving local people and students throughout Israel.
