Pro and anti-reform protestors savor a moment of unity

It was a brief but – quite literally – touching moment, captured in a video clip that was filmed Sunday night at Jerusalem’s Yitzhak Navon Train Station. It quickly went viral, and many of those sharing it quoted the line from the national anthem “Od lo avda tikavatenu” (Our hope is not yet lost).

The clip showed protesters crowded on the long escalators at the station. Those who had been at the massive anti-reform demonstration in Jerusalem were descending to the platforms leading away from the capital, and those coming back from the huge pro-reform rally in Tel Aviv were ascending on their way back.