Israeli Activists Expect Largest Economic Protest

Israelis caked into the streets of the country's three better cities Saturday night for what beef leaders predicted would be the better of months of demonstrations adjoin the ascent amount of living.The demonstrations in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa apparent the acme of a summer-long grass-roots beef movement that has ballooned from a few tents in Tel Aviv to a civic abnormality that has delivered the government its best austere calm crisis.The beef movement and its byword of "the bodies appeal amusing justice" has advance Israel's bread-and-butter issues to the top of the country's calendar and brought bags into the streets anniversary week. One night of protests, on Aug. 6, saw 250,000 bodies about-face out, the better access so far.The cardinal of protesters has biconcave appreciably in contempo weeks as a baleful cutting advance in southern Israel and rocket barrages from Gaza accept absent absorption aback to the country's aegis woes.Protest baton Itzik Shmuli alleged this week's affirmation a "moment of truth" for the movement that will point to whether it has blockage power.