The minister of regional cooperation arrived at the cabinet meeting with a scarf of the new cup holder around his neck. He sounded unfamiliar with the details: "We took the championship, we passed the budget, now thank God everything is fine" Last Tuesday Beitar Jerusalem won the State Cup at the end of a stormy game in which the hoisting ceremony was postponed by more than a day.

The person who continued the festivities, which began in Haifa – continued at the president's residence – and ended in Jerusalem's Scar Park, is David Amsalem.