The media-hyped protest of a housing shortage has hit its target – Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who told the Cabinet Sunday the root cause of the problem is a government land monopoly.
After the campaigns to free kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit at all costs and to lower the cost of cottage cheese failed to swell into massive street revolutions against the government, Israel’s mainstream media have fueled the housing protests by providing running commentary with inciting remarks.
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