Protests against gas exports

Hundreds protested in Tel Aviv against the neo-liberal government’s decision to export 40% of Israel’s natural gas reserves. Protesters blocked Ibn Gavirol Avenue and King George Street and waved signs reading: “Don’t give gas to the tycoons” and “Gas exports = national suicide.” Earlier on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the decision to export…

Social activists against gas export block Tel Aviv road

Hundreds of protesters blocked Tel-Aviv’s Namir Road last Saturday at noon  in protest of the State’s plans to export some of Israel’s natural gas. Hundreds  of social activists marched to Finance Minister Yair Lapid’s home in northern Tel Aviv and then blocked Namir Road, one of Tel Aviv’s main avenues. The protesters are claiming that…