A picture is worth more than a thousand words. And in this case: dozens of photos and videos that streamed out of Tel Aviv on the holy day proved that nothing is sacred in this world anymore.
The disturbance to Kol Nidre in Kikar HaMedina in Tel Aviv. "Take the partition off shame"
All the sacred cows were slaughtered, all the lines were crossed. Images of women in white captives tearing up on the eve of Yom Kippur because they were removed from the place of worship are ten times stronger than any explanation of religion or the takeover of the public space.
A crude assault is not the solution
Even if the Tel Aviv protesters feel that their free and secular Tel Aviv is being challenged, if they want to receive the support of the general public, they must think wisely, with no sense, with logic. A crude, aggressive and loud attack on Jews praying to their Creator on the holiest day of the year marks the protesting group with motifs of hatred of Judaism, violence and illiberalism.
The events in Tel Aviv are the culmination of extreme and polarizing events that have accompanied us since the protests over the legal reform began. But it can be determined today with almost certainty: the massive protests across the country are not about judicial reform. The grounds of reasonableness are not the ones that keep them asleep.
The bloody war is about the character and character of the state. Everything is visible on the table. A faith-based bloc versus the liberal bloc. Throughout the protests, many religious Jews joined Kaplan to express opposition to the government's extreme measures.
Moments of removing the temporary partition erected in Dizengoff Square, photo: Gideon Markowitz
The more crazy laws emerged from the Knesset beit midrash: such as a demand to fine anyone who walks immodestly at the Western Wall, or separation in the springs, the more revulsion of the religious moderates who switched sides and sought to make a clear statement that this is not the way of Torah.
Now we will see a similar trend from the opposite side. The violent and aggressive extremism that we witnessed in Kippur will turn on those who led it and cause many secularists to take a step away from it. As much as secularists love liberality and freedom, they love it with prayer in Kippur, and customs that connect them to their father's house.
The average Israeli does not get into the nuances of arguing at the level of a world about who is right and who has not respected a court order. He knows that they ruined the only day of the year that was almost a national symbol of unifying and reconciling Israeliness.
It is not for nothing that in recent polls Benny Gantz wins a large number of seats. Gantz proposes unity, reconciliation, and a dialogue that is willing to listen to all sides.
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