The protest, organized by the umbrella group for Arab citizens of Israel, was scaled back after police capped participation under threat of revoking approval. Demonstrators held images of starving children in Gaza, as a police officer warned: 'What happens in the village will not happen here in Tel Aviv'

Twenty-first century Israel is undergoing a process reminiscent of the era of medieval Muslim sultanates

On one of Israel's tensest days, during the Gaza disengagement, ceremonial tears didn't change the course of history