Israeli protesters demand end to staggering wealth gap
A small group of family-run companies controls 30 percent of the country's economy
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Oded Balilty
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Israel on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, formed a panel of government ministers and some of the country's leading economic experts to draw up a plan to reduce the soaring cost of living, marking a new effort to defuse demonstrations over prices that drew over a quarter-million people onto the streets the night before.
ETHAN BRONNER
updated 8/12/2011 5:10:07 AM ET 2011-08-12T09:10:07
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