After watching its Mideast neighbors pour into the streets to protest government policies over the past six months, Israelis are following suit. The ostensible issue-at-hand is a shortage of affordable housing, but the broader undercurrent is the growing gap between the “haves and have-nots.” Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who is facing what is arguably his most turbulent time since he took office 27-months ago, is battling the growing phenomenon of Israeli “Hoovervilles” (Bibi-Bungalows?) – tent cities erected to underscore the plight of young families unable to find places to live. New polling shows strong popular support for the housing protests and a strong belief that the prime minister has not adequately responded to the problem. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz is also under intense public scorn with many calling for his dismissal. A doctors’ strike is also ongoing and it, too, commands the support of 85% of the people, according to a poll released on Monday by the daily Haaretz. The intensifying protests are cited as the reason Netanyahu called off a visit to Poland set for this week.