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Sunday, March 2, 2014
Sounds of rally echo across Jerusalem
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe rally, which at 400,000-strong would make it one of the largest in the country’s history, can be heard clear on the other side of the city.
Whistles, yells and voices of loudspeakers are heard clearly in the German Colony neighborhood of the capital, nearly four kilometers away.
The last rally of this magnitude occurred in Tel Aviv, during the summer of 2011’s tent protests against the high cost of living. Organizers said some 300,000 people marched in the White City on September 3 of that year, joining another 150,000 around the country.
The largest gathering in the country’s history occurred just a few kilometers from today’s protest, as some 850,000 people, according to some estimates, attended the funeral of Shas leader Ovadia Yosef on October 7, 2013.
The Times of Israel Community.