"The put-upon Israeli middle class has shown with its 150,000-strong demo that it isn't scared:"

Does he mean the "middle class" holding the red flags?

As one of the comments on the Ynet website puts it: "Protests cost money. How is it that people who complain about the high cost of housing, food, education, and healthcare somehow have enough money to spend on extras such as camping tents, professionally-printed protest banners, and professional sound systems for protest rallies and rock concerts? Anyone who thinks that these protests are a spontaneous movement of college kids with Facebook and Twitter must be naive. Just like the so-called "Arab Spring," this "protest" is obviously a well-funded and well-coordinated effort by shadowy outside organizations with sinister motives - and we all know who they are!"