The housing Building protests which sparked the first demonstrations began Process_start as a result of a Facebook protest group that initially led Causation hundreds of people to establish Creating tents in the Rothschild Boulevard in the center of Tel Aviv , an act which soon gained Getting momentum , media attention and began Process_start a public discourse in Israel regarding the high cost Cost of housing and living expenses .

Soon afterwards , the protests spread Dispersal to many other major cities in Israel as thousands of Israeli protesters began Process_start establishing Building tents in the middle of central streets in major cities as a means of protest Protest .

The municipality had not given Giving a permit and as a result Leaf , along with eleven other activists , were arrested Arrest when they resisted Defending the twenty policemen and municipal inspectors who arrived Arriving to dismantle Destroying the tents which were confiscated Surrendering .

Bahrain security forces launched Military_operation a pre-dawn raid Military_operation to clear Emptying Pearl Roundabout in Manama of the protesters camped there , most of whom were at the time asleep in tents ; four were killed Killing and about 300 injured Bodily_harm .

Damage Damaging was eventually estimated Testing at $ 100 million , and many countries responded Response to the emergency with donations Giving of blankets , tents , clothing , and food .

Logistically speaking Telling , the network structure Building was quite a feat Achieve , with approximately 15 km of category 5 cable for the ethernet backbones , as well as supplying Supply power feeds for the tents ' computers .

The sit-in Protest at Taksim Gezi Park was restored Recovering after police withdrew Escaping from Taksim Square on 1 June , and developed Coming_to_be into a protest Protest camp , with thousands of protesters in tents , organising Arranging a library , medical center , food distribution Supply , and their own media .

The appeal was refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act on 22 February , and just past midnight on 28 February bailiffs supported by City of London police began Process_start to remove Removing the tents .