They didn’t cancel the free folk dancing on the promenade at Tel Aviv’s Gordon Seaside, and tons of turned out on Saturday. It was breezy for bathing however sails crammed the horizon, bikers cruised the biking lanes and tables set with seaside brunch had been full.
It’s not that Israel is cavalier about the specter of an imminent Iranian missile assault. Its army issued stern statements of preparedness (“We’ve got elevated our readiness to guard Israel from additional Iranian aggression. We’re additionally ready to reply.”) and protection officers have been in frenzied conferences for days, together with with a high US common.