Holocaust Day in Israel is taken very seriously, as I’ve mentioned before. Here’s a clip of the main traffic artery in Tel Aviv grinding to a standstill yesterday as the sirens wail. It’s quite a stunning reminder of how the past still plays an important role in Israel’s present…
I was actually on the road up in the north of Israel when the sirens went off. I stopped at the side of the road, but to my surprise many didn’t. As they often say, “only in Tel Aviv”…