Haaretz
Moshe Silman, the Haifa man who set himself on fire a week ago as a form of social protest, died Friday, but his family says people in distress should not emulate him. Silman's funeral will take place Sunday at 5 P.M. at the Holon cemetery, where his...
Yedioth Ahronoth
Police said they disrupted traffic on the Menachem Begin highway. Several protesters sat on the road and blocked traffic on both directions. The protesters chanted, "Moshe Silman is our brother" and sprayed the slogan "Regards from Moshe Silman" on...
Yedioth Ahronoth
Breaking News A group of some 150 demonstrators gathered Saturday night outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in memory of Moshe Silman, who set himself on fire at a social justice protest last Saturday and died Friday of his injuries,...
United Press International
An Israeli man has died of burns suffered when he set himself on fire in protest of the high cost of living in Israel. Moshe Silman, 57, of Haifa, doused himself with gasoline and ignited it July 14, burning 94 percent of his body. He died Friday...