The cliches washed over the square, the “hope,” the “legacy,” the “victory,” the “peace” - no one knows what they really mean. The square was also awash in white balloons. White for peace. Occasionally one burst, one escaped into the black Tel Aviv sky. A helicopter and a spy balloon also hovered overhead, just as they do over the skies of Gaza, which was never as far from these peace rallies as it was last night.

When Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that Yitzhak’s legacy is alive and kicking inside of us, was he referring to the blackouts and starvation in Gaza that he coordinated? No one spoke of that Saturday. And no one mentioned the forbidden name, Yigal Amir, despite the fact that his spirit - especially that of his newborn progeny - hovered in the air throughout.