Social protesters yesterday (Wednesday) evening took over an abandoned three-story building in the Jerusalem’s German Colony neighborhood. The building was owned by the Ministry of Industry, Labor and Trade and is currently owned by a contractor company. It has stood abandoned for many years.

The protesters are demonstrating against a plan to turn the building into a hotel. Protesters arrived throughout the day and began to clean the building to prepare for the planned overnight stay.

The building squatted in Jerusalem (Photo: Activestills)

Also on Wednesday, social protesters demonstrated outside the home of Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz in Mevasseret Zion, the Minister of National Infrastructure, Uzi Landau; Welfare Minister, Moshe Kahlon and Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar in central Tel Aviv.