Israel is a lackluster performance, a display at the heart of a disaster zone. Remove the peel and you discover a chasm. The gap between our life and the picture they sell us could (and is perhaps meant to) drive one crazy
In early June, the jet-setting Transportation Minister Miri Regev participated in an out-of-control feuilleton befitting of the satirist Ephraim Kishon: dedicating street lamps on a road in the Lachish region. Yes, street lamps. A podium was constructed, a gazebo was set up and a huge blue-and-white sign was hung as the backdrop.