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Sunday May 26, 2013
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Netanyahu moves to address high cost of living in Israel
300,000 march and demand social justice in Israel's largest ever protest rally • PM announces panel of experts to work with protesters on their demands • Government will present plan to expedite housing construction and break monopolies.
 
Dan Margalit | Room for dialogue
Count on the protests getting bigger if the government drags its feet.
 
Boaz Bismuth | 'Social justice' trumps 'will work for food'
Saturday’s protests were historic, not hysterical.
Uriel Lynn | Social justice: A few practical ideas
Some necessary reforms that can be made now or in the near future.
Erez Nir | Letter from a reader
Judaism's take on socialism vs. capitalism.
Emily Amrousi | Remembering Gush Katif
Back then, 250,000 poured into the streets demanding a national referendum.
Hezi Sternlicht | Prelude to an economic tsunami
We can't throw money down from helicopters.
'Palestinians plan unprecedented bloodshed in September'
Foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman says he will ask Netanyahu to cut all ties with the Palestinian Authority • PA say many more countries soon to recognize their state • EU representative condemns Israeli plan to build 930 homes in Har Homa.
'We feel like we're making history'
Middle class pours into the streets of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and smaller towns in country's largest ever protest rally against high cost of living and for social justice • National Student Union head: We won't give up.
Steinitz: Protest 'impressive,' government must heed the public
Finance minister calls an emergency meeting of Finance Ministry and Bank of Israel officials to discuss the potential effects on the Israeli economy of Standard & Poor’s downgrading of the United States’s credit rating.
Billboard calling for Gilad Shalit’s release to be erected in L.A.
A large photograph of the abducted Israeli soldier to hang over La Cienega Boulevard • Shalit's 25th birthday approaching • Billboard meant to raise awareness, encourage public to press Israeli government to negotiate for his release.
Turkey blocks arms shipment from Iran to Syria, Hezbollah
Turkey says it seized an Iranian ship loaded with weapons and ammunition • Items were to be transferred from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon • Turkey previously seized a Syria-bound Iranian plane because the shipment violated U.N. sanctions.
Vandals spray anti-Semitic graffiti on Toronto synagogue
Islamic slogan, swastika spray-painted on building • Rabbi: Vandals picked a spot where there was no camera; says this was not an attack on a synagogue, but an attack on Jews • Police: We take incident very seriously.
American Jews urge Cuba to release jailed contractor
Alan Gross, 62, arrested on charges of crimes against the state, sentenced to 15 years in prison • Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter tried unsuccessfully to free Gross • Gross said to be in poor health.
Iron Dome anti-rocket system deployed again near Ashkelon
In response to recent barrages of rocket fire from Gaza, the Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system is once again set up near Ashkelon • IAF attacks smuggling tunnels and other terrorist targets in Gaza.
As his army slaughters in Hama, Assad promises 'free elections'
Speaking to foreign ambassadors in Damacus, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem says national elections will be "fair" • On the ground more and more Syrians are being killed.
The four corners of the Nahal brigade's "melting pot" tent
A Nahal Infantry unit tent houses an observant Jew, Bedouin, and two new immigrants from Ethiopia and France • A 21st century melting pot.