Flowers

Another terrorist attack ha;f an hour ago ... a car ramming into soldiers near Hebron in the south. I wish it weren't true but it appears the violence is escalating.  https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-may-14-2020/

Street corner flowers

And it's not just the arabs who are attacking israeli soldiers. Their greater enemy is from within ... more attacks from ultra-orthodox jews on soldiers. This morning they gathered in a synagogue, breaking distancing laws. This community has the highest number of corona infections ... 75% of the total in the country. yet they refuse to keep it. Police were sent in to break the crowd and they started throwing stones ... injuring a soldier on the head. 8 were arrested. And it wouldn't end there ... till the jewish feast of Shavuot (pentecost) is celebrated. It's tough being a police or soldier these days ... attacked by arabs and jews on both sides.

Flowers at Municipality Square

Too much bad news. I try to lighten the spirits by taking photos of the beautiful flowers all around the streets. Because of the lockdown, there has been no vandals to pluck and trample on them so they're profusely blooming to a very tall height. Snapdragons seem to be the favourite as they're found everywhere.  It's a delightful sight and it takes the mound away from the tensions of these few weeks of lockdown and violence.

The new govt will be sworn in tonight and not everyone's happy. We only hope that whatever the coalition is ... it works for the betterment of everyone in this land. The pandemic has reduced the economy to tatters, and people are suffering psychologically.