Moment of silence for Oct. 7 victims broken by counter-protester at anti-government rally

Activist Shirel Hogeg, whose family survived the Hamas attacks on Kfar Aza. asks that a moment of silence be observed for the victims of Hamas’s brutal October 7 onslaught, but the silence is broken by a right-wing counter-protester.

“The failed government continues as though nothing happened,” says Hogeg, and the crowd erupts: “Guilty! Guilty! Shame! Shame!”

“The police arrest protesters and indict them in minutes. The government fires a prominent spokesman for insufficient loyalty,” Hogeg continues, referring to a recent alleged spat between Sara Netanyahu and government spokesman Eylon Levy, who in the end kept his job.

Hogeg expresses gratitude for anti-judicial overhaul activist Shikma Bressler, who, along with her husband, has been at the center of a conspiracy theory spread by Likud MK Tally Gotliv in recent days, claims that have been slammed by the Shin Bet and Mossad agencies.

“I embrace you and your family,” says Hogeg. “In future civics textbooks, you will be remembered as a warrior who saved democracy.”

Musician Sara Tirosh leads the crowd of thousands in singing the national anthem. When she is done, the crows erupts: “Elections now!”