Celebrating Orit’s birthday late at the port it was hard to believe there’s a war going on.  Families, couples, children  promenading or sitting in cafes and restaurants – speaking Hebrew, English, Arabic – but not to each other. 

Shops are open sinc the Sabbath has ended and most of the sales people are Arab, while most of the waiters are Jewish.

Nearby, the demonstrations went on.  There are fewer people than usual because it’s becoming hard to believe that it matters, that it will change anything.  

And yet we go on.