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Wednesday, 22 May 2013 18:39 |
According to a Mina Zemach survey, 89% of Israelis supports social protest and 82% feel the State does not give an ample answer to social problems and that civil action is needed to change the situation.
The survey, conducted for the Shatil NGO, found that only 11% of the 482 sampled believe the State is addressing social problems. Of those sampled, 68% said the social protest intensified the public's belief in its power to change the situation. Another survey commissioned by the Social Budget Forum released January 15th reveals that the vast majority (87%) of Israelis oppose cuts in th ... |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 18:48 |
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Tuesday, 21 May 2013 19:38 |
As the government seeks to implement privatization in Israel’s docks, Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz is preparing for an all-out battle against expected strikes at the seaports of Haifa and Ashdod.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently gave the go-ahead to Katz’s plan to establish two new, private ports. The transportation minister is expected to publish tenders within the next two months to build the first port, either in Haifa or Ashdod, which he expects will be completed within five years. The estimated cost of the port will be NIS 1.1 billion ($308 million).
Haifa Port (Phot ... |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 19:45 |
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Sunday, 19 May 2013 16:22 |
2500 of protestors took to the streets around the country on Saturday evening to protest the budget cuts approved by the cabinet on Sunday. More than one thousand of protesters assembled in Habima Square in Tel Aviv, many carrying signs reading and red flags, among others, "It's time to tax the rich," "A country stinking with money," and "It's enough." In Be'er Sheva, hundreds also marched in protest of the government's new economic policies. The protesters assembled in Reger Boulevard in central Be'er Sheva. Among the signs carried by protesters were "The Negev demands social justice" and " ... |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 19 May 2013 16:34 |
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Saturday, 18 May 2013 09:43 |
Israel has a poverty rate of 21 percent, the highest among all OECD countries, a report by the economic development organization revealed last Wednesday. The report, aimed at investigating the impact of the global capitalist crisis on developing countries, also found that the gap between the rich and the poor was very high in Israel, with only Chile, Turkey, Mexico and the United States exhibiting a higher gap. Iceland, Slovenia, Norway and Denmark were found to have the lowest rate of income inequality among the 34 OECD member countries. Israel joined the OECD in 2010.However, Israel ... |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 18 May 2013 09:58 |
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Friday, 17 May 2013 15:54 |
A retrospective exhibition of well-know Arab painter Abed Abdi, "Secrets, Drawers and Identities: Homage to My Sister Lutfia, Yarmouk Refugee Camp," will be open on Saturday evening, May 18, at the Beit Hagefen Arab-Jewish Cultural Center in Haifa.
"Refugees" by Abed Abdi, 1974
Abdi was lucky, he spent only three years as a refugee. Lutfia, on the other hand, has been a refugee for the past 65 years. She was recently forced to flee from her home in the Yarmouk camp and seek shelter from the Syrian civil war's atrocities in her daughter's Damascus apartment.
At 71, Abdi is still energeti ... |
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