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(3) Low wages and eroding social benefits.
(4) Onerous taxes on working households.
(5) Education and healthcare increasingly dependent on the ability to pay.
(6) Weak labor rights.
(7) Construction funding disproportionately allocated for settlement development. Affordable housing in Israel is disappearing.
(8) The high cost of raising children. Along with overpriced housing, it's the most common complaint raised.
Instead of addressing these issues responsibly, Israeli officials ignore them. Dominant party leaders speak with one voice. Only privilege matters. Most Israelis increasingly are on their own, sink or swim.
As a result, they're struggling for social justice. They're back for what's long been denied. Like European and US cops, Israeli ones confront them violently. Haaretz explained in several feature articles.
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