Yom Rishon
Sunday
26 Adar 5783
March 19 2023
The Quote of the Day
“I haven’t read the proposed legal reforms. Do you think I have time to do that?”
Shakma Bresler, one of the leaders of the anti-government demonstrations in an interview in the ultra left wing Israeli newspaper, Haaretz.
Bresler’s comments underscore what we have said here at OneIsrael all along. The protesters could care less about the legal reforms; they are only interested in taking down PM Netanyahu and Israel’s democratically elected government.
The News on the Israeli Street
The war on the Gaza border . . .
Palestinian terrorists attacked Nahal Oz yesterday evening at 6:58 pm:
Incoming missile sirens wailed in Nahal Oz and surrounding areas.
It is unclear this morning how many missiles were fired; residents reported at least two explosions. The Iron Dome was not used.
For the second time in the last few weeks, there was no IDF response to the missile fire. The residents of Nahal Oz and the rest of the Gaza border are nothing but missile fodder.
The numbers scam . . . again . . .
Last week, we showed how an estimated 120,000 protesters on Saturday night in Tel Aviv somehow swelled into 500,000 as reported by CNN.
Last night, there was much of the same.
In Haifa, one of the organizers announced to the crowd that “more than 55,000” people were participating in the demonstration at the Horev Junction. The media picked up on this and reported that “60,000” were demonstrating. A senior police official, however, said that at the peak of the demonstration, there were only 5,000 people. But in the end, an actual count of the crowd revealed that only 3,750 were there.
In Tel Aviv, the police estimate was that around 150,000 people were demonstrating. Another “official estimate” counted 170,000. However . . . hold your breath . . . Israel’s super leftist Channel 13 “reported” that there were “500,000” people at the anti-government protest.
A few signs from the Tel Aviv “protests” (note there is nothing about proposed legal reforms):
The hamza sign on the left reads “Stop Occupation”; the PLO flag reads on top “We have taken democracy from the Palestinian people for the last 75 years”, and below “Democracy for Jews only is not democracy” . The placard to the right reads “There is no democracy with occupation.”
TODAY’S BLOG
Oh What A Night!
On The Front Lines Of The Ashdod “Counter-Demonstration”
It was an exhilarating night.
For the last 10 weeks, we who voted for the Coalition government have watched as leftist and anarchist “protesters” have contested the results of that elections and demanded the overthrow of the Israeli government.
Here in Ashdod which is a bastion support for the “right”, we have seen weeks of Saturday night demonstrations on the grounds of our City Hall to be capped last night by an appearance of the grand hypocrite himself, Yair Lapid.
We have been silent.
But no more.
Last night, we turned out in force to counter the anti-government forces. What follows is my description of what transpired.
My wife and I arrived early with our Israeli flags at about 6:45 to the city square (the counter-protest was set to begin at 7:30). As we climbed the hill to the square with our flag unfurled, two young people coming down the hill looked at us and called us “Leftists”. Such is the nature of Israel these days that holding an Israeli flag stereotypes you as a leftist–a stereotype we were determined to change.
In any case, we gave them an earful to the effect that we were not lefties. They apologized for their remark and we all continued on our way.
Already, there were approximately 100 flag-waving leftist demonstrators beside City Hall being led by protest leaders with blaring bullhorns leading chants of “Democracy” and other phrases.
We looked around for those in our camp, and finally found a few on the other side of the road behind police barricades. We joined them–initially disappointed at the size of our crowd.
That quickly changed.
Suddenly our area was filled with people blowing airhorns, leaders with bullhorns, and Israeli flags and placards galore.
As our group grew larger and more boisterous, we suddenly found ourselves blocked by a cordon on police who were determined to keep our group separate from that group across the street. The infuriating fact was that we were the only ones cordoned off; there was no such police line on the other side.
And so we chanted “Reform Now”, waved flags, and sang to the tune of the horns honking in support as cars passed by–eventually reaching a crescendo that drowned out the noise coming from across the street.
It felt wonderful.
Ten weeks of pent up frustration and anger about what has been going on in the streets of our country were unleashed.
This morning, Ashdod is being called ground zero of the “counter-protest” movement. We will continue to make our voices known–especially every Saturday night in the Ashdod square.
Herewith some photos from last night:
A photo made before our side had swelled. If you look closely, you might see your humble servant holding a flag and part of a sign (it was a very windy night) that reads “People voted for reform”.
And:
This “woman’s” placard read: “We want reform now.”
And Nachman was even there:
There were many orthodox in the crowd.
And, unfortunately, the police:
The police were out in force.
We can’t wait for next week!
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.