The way in which a disturbing protest activist is covered is another lesson on the imagined objectivity of the Israeli media. "Schrödinger's cat" is the name of a thought exercise from quantum theory, in which the cat's fate is determined according to the type of box.

The public had an opportunity to see the public reaction to a new attack against Idit Silman, this time in her position as a minister in the Netanyahu government. The story itself fit nicely into the "bibist poison machine" theory.