My friends come here from the States all the time to demonstrate.  They demonstrate in the States all the time too, and they wonder why we have virtually ceased our protest activity. 

Here is my response:

1. fear – the first time i saw a police horse heading towards me I wanted to pull out my handicap card and say whooa, I’m an old lady with delicate limbs.  then i understood that he wasn’t trained to read and went home and got under the covers.
2. helplessness – i want to get rid of the government.  Yesterday I was in a kibbutz and wept that this was the society i had always dreamed of.  But it’s going to take plodding work before and after the elections to undo the damage created in the past 15 years.  I do what i can.
3. help!