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Social workers protesting over the summer. (Kobi Gideon / BauBau) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 22:45 04/12/2007 Social workers to close offices Wednesday in protest of attack By Ruth Sinai, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Social workers, Nahariya  The union of social workers will close welfare offices across the country on Wednesday to protest the attack on a social worker in Lod on Monday. The attack took place during a routine meeting between two social workers and a client. During the meeting, the social workers discussed with one another the client's problems fulfilling her duties as a mother of six children, and they raised the possibility of taking the children out of their home. The women lunged at one of the workers, knocked her over onto the floor and began pulling her hair while threatening to kill her and burn down her house. Advertisement The woman was arrested. According to the chairman of the social workers' union, Itzik Perry, the attack is the last one in a long string of violent incidents. Last week, a social worker in Nahariya was attacked, and in first ten months of 2007, 88 complaints were registered of violence toward social workers by clients. Related articles: Study: Social workers not employed by state are 'exploited' Gov't welfare agencies assisted 16 percent of Israelis in 2006 Bookmark to del.icio.us Construction conflict Palestinians condemn Israel's plan to build new homes in disputed East Jerusalem. Nuclear freeze A new U.S. intelligence report maintains that Iran froze its nuclear program in 2003.

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