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JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of Israelis poured into streets across the country Saturday for a fourth consecutive week, expanding their protest movement against the nation’s high cost of living from major central cities to smaller ones in outlying areas.
The demonstrations have become a weekly ritual this summer, delivering Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government its most serious domestic crisis. Last week, more that a quarter of a million people turned out, primarily in Tel Aviv, for one of the largest demonstrations in Israeli history.
In contrast, this week’s gatherings were more modest and aimed at focusing attention on the country’s poorer areas.
