It’s hard to celebrate under the heavy burden of the double state of emergency. Israelis are exhausted from fearing for their lives, constant trips to the shelter and economic uncertainty, but we must not despair. To save democracy, we must mobilize en masse, so that next Passover will once again be the Festival of Freedom
This year’s Passover should be called the Festival of Emergency: This is the third year that Israel finds itself in a double state of emergency – in terms of both security and civil life – without an end in sight. Its citizens are exhausted from fearing for their lives, constant trips to the shelter, a flight freeze, and economic uncertainty.