The sixth consecutive weekend of demonstrations, and in Tel Aviv things are hotter than the previous times. Of course, relatively warm because these are still protesters who do not go on bicycle paths to avoid being run over by a scooter, and break into Ayalon lanes only with the permission of the police.
With all due respect to the weekly demonstrations in Tel Aviv, everyone was only talking about the demonstration that will be held in Jerusalem.
Families told how they booked a night in a hotel in the capital so that they could arrive early in the morning to the Knesset.
Under the Azrieli Tower they talked about "the mother of all demonstrations" and agreed that it was time to take off the gloves.
Demonstrators on Gaza Street in Jerusalem, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Indeed, at the intersection of Kaplan and Menachem Begin streets, there was a sense of exhaustion from these sympathetic meetings that do not lead to conversation.
The question: where do we go from here?
I mean, beyond the drone photos every night that show an impressive amount of people who went out to fight for democracy as we've known it so far.
Open questions
The thing that should worry the protestors the most is the average age of the camp - which week by week, Apes, is getting older.
Also in the audience, but mainly in the leaders.
If Ehud Barak is still the freshest voice that the guys have to offer, then the chance to fight against the fighting spirit of Simcha Rothman and the frenzied Almog Cohen is getting smaller and smaller.
Age is getting older.
Demonstrators against the legal revolution, photo: Koko
If Yair Golan is the most militant voice, and he is no longer a child either, it seems that the right can sleep peacefully.
Even if the threat to block Highway 1 on Monday becomes a reality.
The protesting camp has Facebook for hollow passwords and Tiktok for amusing videos that move no one;
The question of whether he has the fighting spirit of the right will remain open at least until Monday.
The militant voice.
Yair Golan, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Not the Balfour vibe
Last night's slogans were repeated and talked about democracy.
Just as the march of the reservists/armourers ended on Friday with a weak response, so most of the protesters yesterday in Tel Aviv rushed home to check who the pestering mosquito was in the "masked singer" and felt that in doing so they did their part to preserve democracy.
Hoping that tomorrow the boss will allow them not to go to work.
Democracy or not, in the end livelihood comes first.
It seems that yesterday, on another freezing February night, the feeling in the air is that the business has exhausted itself.
"We will not agree to a dictatorship."
Demonstrators in Jerusalem, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Even if the clowns, architects, gardeners and software people of the Herzliya start-up Kikioni join the protest strike, it is already clear that this is not Balfour's vibe, and does not come close to it.
After a month of fur demonstrations, a question arises as to whether the demonstrators really understand what they are taking to the streets for.
Is democracy really in danger, and if so, is waving a flag and shouting "democracy" through a megaphone the last way left to save the country.
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