Let’s say we have 9 million people in this country.  The Arabs constitute 21%.  They are staying out of the protest, because it isn’t about them.  The only flags in the demonstrations are flags of Israel, and the Palestinian flags some people waved at the beginning of the protest were considered a diversion from the main issue. (But they are definitely the ones who will suffer the most from the government reforms – if the country doesn’t fall apart completely)  So we are left with 6 million.  Half a million Christians and Bahais who are not involved. Among these are at least a million who are old, weak, sick, lame, etc., and another million who are too young to be out demonstrating at night.  Add to that half a million soldiers who can’t demonstrate.  So if there were 250 thousand people on the streets,  shouting “shame,” it means at least 20% of the entire Jewish zionist population is willing to risk injury to fight against the government,  an unthinkable situation.