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There were reports that Bedouin tribesmen had joined the
marchers in outlying towns. A poll by Ha’aretz
showed that 87 percent of Israelis support the tent city
protests. Last Saturday, 40,000 mainly young people
marched from the tent city on Rothschild Boulevard towards the
Tel Aviv Museum in the biggest political rally seen in years.
They chanted slogans such as “Proper housing, Legitimate
prices”, “The power is with the citizen”, and “This generation
demands housing”. Some of the marchers demanded Netanyahu’s
resignation.
Speakers called for the government to intervene in the
property market to bring down prices, introduce rent controls
and require developers to include affordable housing in their
construction plans. Scuffles broke out when police tried to
forcibly remove hundreds of protesters from the intersection
of Kaplan and Ibn Gvirol streets. Eleven face
charges of “illegal gathering”.
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