The protesters won’t stop until they bring Netanyahu’s government down.
By: Melanie Phillips (melaniephillips.substack.com) – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org
The night before Monday’s Knesset vote on the first of the government’s proposed judicial reforms, a video filmed on the escalators in Jerusalem’s central train station went viral on social media.
It showed a great tide of people holding Israeli flags going down one escalator on their way back from protesting against the reforms in Jerusalem, and a great tide of people holding Israeli flags going up the other escalator on their way back from demonstrating in support of the reforms in Tel Aviv.
What was so remarkable and moving was that people on each escalator were leaning over to shake hands with those on the other side, in recognition of the importance of putting people before a cause.
This image deeply touched many who are horrified by the chasm that has opened in Israel over the reforms.
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