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Israeli doctors protest working conditions
The protesters said they were prepared to stay in the impromptu encampment outside Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office until their demands are met, Ynetnews reported Friday.
"What's happening here is just a phase," said Professor Azriel Perel, president of the Israel Society of Anesthesiologists. "We are prepared for months of struggle and we'll stay here as long as it takes. I promise that the doctors will not break down … the state of Israel is controlled by only one ministry -- the Finance Ministry."
Protest organizers have criticized pay rates and working conditions.
The movement's leader,Dr. Leonid Edelman, chairman of the Israeli Medical Association, went on a hunger strike several days ago. Doctors from the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem examined him after he reported feeling ill but didn't report their findings.
"I think the people sitting there [in the Finance Ministry] have forgotten that the goal is not to keep as much money in the treasury, " Edelman told the protesters.
"Our nation feels forgotten. It's felt in healthcare, housing, cottage cheese or taxes. I face the treasury and see people motivated by logic and a worldview that only sees money, but not people," Edelman said.
`Clergy arrested in Capitol budget protest
The Christian and Jewish leaders urged the administration and Congress not to "balance the budget on the backs of the poor" as they propose trillions of dollars in cutbacks, they said in a statement reported by The Hill.
On Thursday afternoon, they joined hands and sat down in the middle of the rotunda, surrounded by supporters chanting "Amen," a witness said.
Capitol Police said they were charged with demonstrating within a U.S. Capitol building and taken away for processing.
"Our elected officials are protecting corporations and wealthy individuals while shredding the safety net for millions of the most vulnerable people in our nation and abroad. Our faith won't allow us to passively watch this travesty unfold. … Today, we offer our bodies as a living sacrifice," wrote the Rev. Michael Livingston, a past president of the National Council of the Churches of Christ (USA).
The protesters included Jim Winkler, general secretary of the United Methodist Church's General Board of Church and Society; Rabbi Arthur Waskow of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia; and the Rev. Jennifer Butler, head of Faith in Public Life.
Islamic forces show strength in Cairo
Thousands of religious activists led by the Thousands of religious activists led by the Muslim Brotherhood rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday in a sharp shift from secular protests, witnesses said. The demonstrators demanded an Islamic state based on Shariah law, the BBC reported.
Members of the liberal secular groups that led the revolution against ex-President Hosni Mubarak have been staging a sit-in in the square for 22 days, seeking faster reforms from the
"We don't want any clashes," Brotherhood activist Ahmed Mokhtar told al-Masry al-Youm Thursday night before the rally.