22.07.2011                      20.Tammus, 5771

Analyse:

Country engulfed in protest: Welcome sign of normalcy

It’s a luxury in our little part of the world to be able to focus on social and economic issues, not diplomatic and security ones.

Israel was in a foul temper and in no mood to party when it celebrated Independence Day on April 17, 2002, at the height of the second intifada.
Just a month earlier, Israel suffered the absolute worst month of terrorism in its history – 130 people killed in one horrendous month that saw Jerusalem’s Café Moment blown up, a Pessah Seder in Netanya ripped apart by a suicide bomber, and the Matza restaurant in Haifa blown up in another attack….