Even if we hadn’t been home protecting our cleaner from the threatening dog, we wouldn’t have been able to take the heat and the threat of violence at the opening of the new light rail.  After so many years of waiting this was indeed an exciting event, but Bibi cut the ribbon, and the protesters made so much noise he had to shout even though the mike was on full volume.  So we watched it on tv, where they had a hard time cutting the protesters out of the frame and adjusting the sound.

Of course the new light rail is exciting but doesn’t come close to solving any of the problems of Tel Aviv, and it is not surprising that the Mayor was not even invited.