The Final Barricade Manhigut Yehudit Weekly Update — 2 September, 2006
The reserve soldier sat in his wheelchair at the anti-Olmert demonstration opposite government headquarters. He was reciting Psalms. His obvious injury didn’t merit much attention or empathy. He had a kippah (skullcap) on his head and a beard. The organizers of the protests kept their distance from him as if he was a leper.
He is Olmert’s final barricade.
Israel’s NRG (The Israeli Ma’ariv Newspaper) website reported that Olmert’s confidantes explained that the PM does not have to relate seriously to the protests calling for his resignation. “It is very hard to distinguish,” they pointed out, “between a genuine protestor that claims that Olmert mishandled the war and a demonstrator from Gush Katif or a Feiglinite that is simply taking a free ride on the protests.”
