Galant vs. Smotrich in Defense Dust-up
A single photo snapped last week by a protester at the Jerusalem train station was worth a thousand words.
One of the Netanyahu government’s more grandiose projects over the past decade, the high-speed train line from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem ends at a terminus carved out of the bowels of the earth, so arriving passengers emerge into the Holy City by escalator, reminiscent of the New York subway.
The photo shows a horde of Tel Avivians packing the escalator ascending into Jerusalem, while a lone yeshivah bochur in coat and hat rides the descending escalator.
The snapshot perfectly reflected the state of the country. Until then, the left had been out in force, swarming the streets and occupying bridges, while the right stayed put. But last weekend, all that changed.
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