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A demonstration protesting rising rent rates in 2012. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
September 8, 2019, 10:13 am
State’s inability to fix the housing crisis leaves many out in the cold
The spike in real estate prices has made millionaires out of homeowners, while renters suffer; solutions exist, but nothing scares politicians more than taxing wealthy voters
By Omer Sharvit
The security barrier that separates East Jerusalem's Shuafat refugee camp, on the right, from the Jewish neighborhood of Pisgat Ze'ev. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 20, 2017, 9:48 am
Housing Ministry to offer public housing beyond Green Line
Minister says homes for low-income families in Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem will ‘strengthen our hold on the capital’
By TOI staff
Yoav Gallant (right) inspects construction currently underway in the town of Harish, July 2, 2015. (Courtesy)
July 12, 2015, 8:55 pm
Minister suspends public housing evictions
Yoav Galant ‘wants to learn and examine the issue’ over the next few weeks, says official
By TOI staff
Itzik Shmuli joins Meretz and Labor party activists in a protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem before the vote on the state budget, June 17, 2013. (photo credit: FLASH90)
March 2, 2015, 5:07 am
Labor MK: Iran threat a distraction from housing prices
At renewed Tel Aviv tent protest, Itzik Shmuli accuses Netanyahu’s ‘ill-fated’ foreign policy of taking priority over domestic issues
By Justin Jalil
Israeli social activists seen near tents on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on March 1, 2015. Israeli social activists pitched tents in Tel Aviv Rothschild Boulevard on Sunday, protesting against the high cost of living and housing. (Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 1, 2015, 10:47 pm
Hundreds return to TA streets to protest housing prices
More than three years after massive demonstrations, Israelis once again pitch tents on Rothschild Boulevard
By Lazar Berman
Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel in Jerusalem on September 22, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 31, 2014, 11:13 pm
MKs up in arms over report minister sold public housing
Uri Ariel criticized for allegedly marketing apartments at reduced price to Jewish Home party affiliates
By Adiv Sterman
Yair Lapid (center), and Tzipi Livni (right), with Moshe Ya'alon (left) at a 2013 cabinet meeting. (photo credit: Emil Salman/Pool/Flash90)
August 12, 2013, 4:18 pm
Legislative committee axes Public Housing Law
Finance minister pledges to keep pushing bill; opposition centered on clause that would send some money to rental assistance rather than building new projects
By Asher Zeiger
Israel's Knesset: Closed for elections. Reopening Feb. 2013, under new management (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
October 11, 2012, 2:46 pm
It’s election season, baby
Polls bet on Netanyahu victory, candidates put their money on party primaries and police arrest dozens for gambling offenses
By Ron Friedman
Tamir Hajaj makes his way to the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on July 24, 2012. (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
August 29, 2012, 9:04 pm
Social activist ends hunger strike after 32 days
Tamir Hajaj stops fasting to prevent irreversible damage to health, says he did ‘all he could’ to meet prime minister
By Yifa Yaakov and TOI staff
Protesters hold a sign reading 'Bibi you burned me, too' in front of the National Insurance Institute in Tel Aviv in mid-July (photo credit: Tali Mayr/Flash90)
July 16, 2012, 2:05 pm
Media sifts through the ashes of Silman’s fire
Israel’s Monday morning quarterbacks tackle activist’s self-immolation from every angle. Who’s to blame? The better question is, who isn’t?
By Joshua Davidovich
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