Despite all the rumors that the protests have stopped because the government halted the reform process for a few weeks, there are over 150 thousand in the streets of Tel Aviv.  Despite the hoses, despite the threats, people know what they have to do tonight.

I was particularly heartened by the return of our counsel in the US, Assaf Zamir, who claimed he could no longer represent the government after the firing of our defence minister for declaring a crisis.  I assume he’s back here to try to revive the Labor party and take some responsibility for changing the government.  I hope so.