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At a popular bar in Tel Aviv, professor Yossi Yonah began his primary campaign on Dec. 21 — the sixth day of Hanukkah — for a spot on the Labor Party ticket.
“We were cheated out of the recent elections. We came to promote a social agenda but false prophets were enthroned instead — [former Finance Minister] Yair Lapid, [Minister of Economy and Trade] Naftali Bennett, [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and the capitalists. Now it’s time for a reform and I want to be part of the team,” Yonah told the dozens of young activists who huddled in the bar. The event took place not far from Rothschild Boulevard, where the social protest, aka the tent protest, broke out 3½ years ago, changing the face of Israeli politics.
