Fighter pilot Shai Kalach takes his battle from Israel’s skies to its soul
Notable was the hoarding’s location. Positioned near the Kaplan intersection in Tel Aviv which is the anti-government movement’s stomping ground, it was a giant declaration of intent not to cede the field to the left.
Over the last year, Kalach’s grassroots organization has expanded into a movement of over 20,000 members, with around 4,000 paying monthly membership dues. That funds media work and a program of meetings and advocacy work.
It’s the small beginning of the resources needed to take on the left’s juggernaut, he says. “We’re up against organizations massively funded from abroad — we on the right need to step up our game to match it.”
Whenever Shai Kalach is interviewed, one thing immediately becomes obvious: For all his fluency and conservative viewpoints, more than a dash of his early elite status remains.
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