 The most common name for the protests in Israel (both during and after the protests) was "The social protest" ( Ham"echaa Hahevratit") the protests have also been referred to as the Housing Protest ( "Mechaat HaDiyur"), Social justice protest ( "Mechaat Tzedek Hevrati"), the Cost of Living protest ( "Mechaat Yoker HaMekhiya"), the Real estate protest ( "Mechaat HaNadlan"), the Tents protest ( "Mechaat HaOhalim") and less frequently the middle class protest ( "Mechaat Maamad HaBeynaim").Numerous factors have led to the protests, in particular rising cost of housing and living expenses in Israel, but also various ongoing issues such as government corruption, rising poverty rates which the OECD defined as being twice the average of other developed countries, and a widening gap between rich and poor.Demographic structural factors, such as a large percentage of educated but dissatisfied youth within the population, extreme poverty in the haredi Jewish sector, and high unemployment in the Arab-Israeli population have spread the cause of the protests amongst a wide swathe of the Israeli population.