Opinion | In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High (Published 2011)

Tel Aviv THERE are profound and institutionalized economic disparities between Arabs and Jews in Israel. But when it comes to housing prices, an Israeli Arab who makes $1,000 a month and pays $500 in rent can still find common ground with an Israeli Jew making $2,000 and giving $1,000 to the landlord. On Saturday, approximately 150,000 people flocked to the streets of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, B

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the Israeli government is using over 15 percent of its public construction budget to expand West Bank settlements, which house only 4 percent of Israeli citizens. According to the Adva Center, a research institute, Israel spends twice as much on a settlement resident as it spends on other Israelis