A tiny Jerusalem gas station was an unlikely setting for a cautionary tale about Israel’s political evolution
. The station is just a short stroll from the seat of the Israeli government, where full-throated passions played out on the streets on March 27 as pro- and anti-government protesters waved flags and shouted each other down over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms.
they really start to protect me.” Dweik survived, but his smart white Skoda Octavia taxi didn’t. The windows of the $20,000 USD vehicle were smashed by the mob and all the bodywork banged up and dented. He was so traumatized he couldn’t move and police took him to hospital. Three days later he says he is still having trouble sleeping. Police have arrested several people in connection with the incident, which they described as “an act allegedly carried out with a racial motive.
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