In response to PM Netanyahu's press statement on the nationwide housing crisis protests, impersonator Ram Mizrachi crowns Netanyahu the greatest magician in the Middle East, by magician he meant con-artist, at Tent City. Israel. 26th July 2011.

This is the street reaction to PM Netanyahu's statement this morning at a press conference in which he detailed his plans for solving the housing crisis in Israel. Protesters are calling the PM's statement pure demagoguery with no real content nor a solution to what they call "the government crushing of the working middle-class", The situation has sparked the biggest social protests in the country since the 1970s. Tent-cities have sprouted nationwide and in this tent-city, in the Menorah Park, amateur impersonator Ram Mizrachi puts on a magic show crowning Netanyahu the greatest magician in the Middle-East, insinuating con-artistry.

The Hebrew banner behind impersonated Netanyahu reads "We don't buy Bibi's magic act". Several of the tricks in the magic act included pulling a Financial Minister Yuval Steinitz puppet out of his hat and dividing the set cake between himself and his political associates, leaving only fake chocolate cream to be spread on the faces of the people.