Israel: Angry protests in Israel against PM

There have been protests at the home of Israel’s attorney general.

Demonstrators are urging Avichai Mandelblit to bring indictments in two corruption investigations involving Prime Minister , Benjamin Netanyahu.

There have been protests for the last six months, amid claims the attorney general is dragging his feet in the case.

However, more turned out this weekend after news that Netanyahu’s former chief of staff turned state witness on Friday.

Ari Harow has agreed to give testimony on behalf of the state in two graft cases in which the Israeli leader has been questioned as a suspect.

Ari Harow’s decision to turn state witness as part of a plea bargain in his own separate corruption case adds a new dimension to a long-running investigation involving Netanyah=

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USA - boomers see the American Dream slipping away - Matt Viser

Some 965 high school graduates paraded into the high school stadium, surrounded by lush green trees and proud parents and the trill of an organ playing a celebratory theme.

For the class of 1976, the future was as bright as their golden gowns.

One speaker told them they had “almost unlimited opportunities.” Sure, it’s a cliche uttered at countless graduation speeches. But in a country celebrating its bicentennial, and in a town that seemed still in its heyday, it certainly felt that way.

People here are approaching their golden years with a sense of bitterness about the new, unforgiving economy and foreboding about what they will have to show for this life. Something their parents could count on — a comfortable retirement, debt-free and maybe in a warmer place — seems out of the question to many who say they see themselves scratching out a living until they are buried in the cemetery on the hillside near Connoquenessing Creek.

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