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\r\n\tDozens of Israelis pitched tents in Tel Aviv on Sunday protesting high housing prices, Qods News Agency reports.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tHigh prices of housing has already turned into a key issue in campaigning for a March 17 election.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tThe protest on a main boulevard erupted four days after Israeli audit body published a report finding "significant deficiencies" that have pushed up housing prices - a problem dogging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bid for re-election.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tShai Cohen, the Israeli who spearheaded the protest, said on his Facebook page he was calling the event to protest his own inability to afford to buy a flat.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t"We will stay here until we achieve our goals," AFP quoted Cohen as saying when asked how long the protest would last.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tThe protest was reminiscent of a similar demonstration against a housing shortage in 2011 that ignited social protests of unprecedented size in Israel.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tIsraeli pollsters see public anger at high living costs as a major factor for voters in the general election.<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2015-03-02 13:39:27","content_date_finish":"2015-03-02 13:39:27","content_date_register":"2015-03-02 13:39:27","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"124540","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"1928287168","attach_date_register":"2015-03-02 13:39:31","attach_id":"126542","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"600","attach_img_height":"400","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"103","visit_date_last":"2025-05-10 21:13:46","attach_title":"Housing protests return to heart of Tel Aviv","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]