Read in
It's more of a feeling than a precise statistic: Israelis hung far fewer flags this Independence Day than they did in previous years. Ever since I was a child, I remember how, as Israel’s Memorial Day approached, almost all cars were decorated with the blue and white flag and they fluttered from every balcony. The custom transcended demographic and political boundaries.
This year, at least in Tel Aviv, most balconies are missing a flag. The same is true of cars. If the parking lot of the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery before Memorial Day ceremony was once a sea of flags, this year I counted an average of one per every 10 cars. Similarly, when driving on the intercity highways, my impression was that most cars lacked an Israeli flag.
