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In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics
Mazal Mualem is a columnist for Al-Monitor's Israel Pulse and formerly the senior political correspondent for Maariv and Haaretz. She also presents a weekly TV show covering social issues on the Knesset channel. She is the author of "Cracking the Netanyahu Code" (published 2022). On Twitter: @mazalm3
![Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Arens listens during a press conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen (L) at the Pentagon April 27. The two defence ministers answered questions about the Middle East peace process and Israel's cooperation in the Kosovo crisis.
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![Protesters take part in a rally calling for social justice and a lower cost of living in Rabin square in Tel Aviv October 29, 2011. About 20,000 people marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening and then gathered at Rabin square in the first protest after about two months following a wave of social protests around Israel. REUTERS/Daniel Bar On (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS) ISRAEL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL - RTR2TE9N](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/07/RTR2TE9N.jpg/RTR2TE9N.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=NWWP89Nj)
![Labour party leader Shelly Yachimovich gestures during a ceremony for Tu Bishvat, the Jewish arbor day, in Ben-Shemen forest, near the Israeli town of Modiin between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem January 20, 2013. Opinion polls have shown Labour, which ruled Israel for decades but now holds only eight seats in parliament, bouncing back to second place behind Likud under new leader Yachimovich. REUTERS/ Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR3COPJ](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/07/Yachimovich.jpg/Yachimovich.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=MdW0o1Ot)
![Amram Mitzna speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv May 4, 2003.
Mitzna, the dovish former general crushed by Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon in Israel's January election, announced on Sunday his
resignation as head of the main opposition Labor Party. REUTERS/Nir
Elias
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![Protesters demonstrate against new austerity measures set to be included in the 2013-2014 national budget at a main junction in Tel Aviv May 11, 2013. Between 2,000 and 3,000 people demonstrated against the measures, which will be discussed by the Israeli cabinet on Monday. REUTERS/ Amir Cohen (ISRAEL - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZJ74](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/07/Israel-protest.jpg/Israel-protest.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=UrcxoByA)
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![A man holds a sign during a demonstration calling for lower living costs and social justice in Tel Aviv September 3, 2011. Hundreds of thousands marched on Saturday for lower living costs in the largest such rally in Israel's history, bolstering a social change movement and mounting pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take on economic reform. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (ISRAEL - Tags: CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR2QR98](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/07/Israel-social-justice.jpg/Israel-social-justice.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=zYWU5WTE)
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![Anti-Mursi protesters look up at a military helicopter over the area as protesters chant slogans at a massive protest for the second day at a main street in Alexandria, July 1, 2013. Egypt's armed forces handed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi a virtual ultimatum to share power on Monday, giving feuding politicians 48 hours to compromise or have the army impose its own roadmap for the country. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX1197O](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/07/Egypt-protests.jpg/Egypt-protests.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=cm6rtjWI)