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On Friday, hundreds of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv against the wave of expected price rises in Israel. Event participants wore yellow jackets similar to French demonstrators who became famous around the world with this dress. The demonstration witnessed clashes between protesters and police after some of them blocked a main roadblock in Tel Aviv and arrested about 10 militants.
The protesters launched slogans against the cost of living and against the immoral relationship between "money men, the regime and the world of organized crime". One of the organizers of the demonstration said the wave of demonstrations would attract more citizens, "next week will participate in the protest with tens of thousands of citizens."
The organizers of the protest, who made the front page of Israeli newspapers, said that they had decided to go down the street "against high prices, weaken the market monopoly and reduce the cost of the life that weighs on the Israeli citizens ".
They said the current goals of the protests were to stop rising electricity and water prices and the resulting food products. "The Israeli government should discuss the price crisis at its next session on Sunday and end the wave of price rises before the flames of the protests across the country," the organizers said.
The protesters pointed out that the protest, which began on Friday, was popular and not political and that it belonged to all citizens of northern and southern Israel. They rejected the attempt of some political leaders to "exploit" the protest, such as the leader of the party "There is a future", Yair Lapid, who published a photo wearing a yellow vest in solidarity with the protesters, but it has attracted many critics.
The Qatar Federation of University Students announced that she joined the protest against the high cost of living and called on students to participate in a major demonstration in Tel Aviv on December 22nd. "We are going back to the streets because we can not endure yet, the prices go up and on our second outing we pay another price.
The Electricity Board announced this week a rise in electricity prices of about 8%, and the Water Authority has announced plans to raise prices by about 4%. A huge food giant in Israel has announced its intention to increase the price of its main products. Bread prices are expected to increase following rising water and electricity prices.
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