Protesters sing and dance at Unity Tent in Jerusalem

Taking a pause from protesting in Jerusalem, a number of people gather at the Unity Tent, singing religious songs and dancing together.

One female protester breaks down in quiet tears.

Another secular protester walks away after a song finishes, saying to herself, “The redemption will come from here.”

Matti Schik, 58, also had a tear rolling down his face watching the scene, organized by a group of liberal religious Zionist Jews who argue for national cohesion as a first principle.

“When I was a child ‘peace’ was a nice word, until it was turned into a curse word associated with the left,” he says. “And we see the principle of democracy undergoing a similar process.”

Schik, who is religious, says that he respects what the group is doing. Holding a protest sign recalling his late grandfather’s memory, Schik says “he would have died again seeing what is happening here today.”

“From here the redemption will come,” says a secular female protester, leaving the Unity Tent

Sandwiched among the burgeoning demonstration, this religous zionist outpost calls for national unity above all else pic.twitter.com/V3pI89ABHe

— Carrie Keller-Lynn (@cjkeller8) March 27, 2023