Israeli man sets himself on fire during Tel Aviv social protest
Moshe Silman, a 57-year-old Haifa resident, set himself
on fire Saturday during a Tel Aviv demonstration marking the anniversary
of last summer's social protests.
As thousands marched down Kaplan
Street to mark a year since the start of social protests, Silman poured
gasoline on his body and set himself on fire.
Silman was evacuated to Ichilov
Hospital shortly afterward.
"The state of Israel stole from me
and robbed me. It left me helpless," wrote Silman in a letter he left
at the scene.
"Two Housing and Construction
Ministry committees rejected me, even though I had a stroke," wrote
Silman in the letter, adding that the facts could be checked with a
public housing company in Haifa.
In the letter, Silman wrote that he
blames the state of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, "for the humiliation that weakened
citizens go through every day, taking from the poor and giving to the
rich.(1)
Wow. The Israeli government ought to change policies if it doesn't want to disintegrate the economy. I'm not optimistic though
