Gallery: City streets jammed for March of the Million
LAST UPDATED: 09/04/2011 09:03
Estimated 400,000 join largest show of force yet for social justice, held under banner “They [the government] only understand numbers.”
March of the million Tel Aviv Photo: Channel 10
The streets of cities across the country were jammed with an estimated 400,000
protesters on Saturday night, in the largest show of force yet for the
social-issues protest movement that has dominated the headlines for two
months.
The demonstrations were held under the banner “They [the
government] only understand numbers.”
Saturday’s events were billed by
organizers as a turning point, an all-out push for a critical mass of protesters
to force the government to present solutions to the issues addressed by the
movement.
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It was expected to be the climax of the mass-street-protests
phase of the movement, before participants fold up their tent cities ahead of a
long process of negotiations and dialogue with the government.
Rallies were also held in Jerusalem, Haifa, Afula,
Karmiel, Eilat and several others cities.