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eumeliaEvery country and nation has little moments in which you proclaim "Only in [name of country]!".
I came upon a moment like that yesterday on my home on my regular mode of public transportation. Now, lots of things make me go "Only in Israel", but this incident was seriously unique.
I'm sitting and a few rows in the back I hear a guy speak to his buddy on his cellphone. He was crystal clear and I couldn't miss a word.
Here is what he said, translated from Hebrew to English for your benefit:
My eyes fell out of my face.
He continued:
This country is seriously small and screwed up.
It's an interesting coincidence that on the same day that I had this Overheard on Israeli public transport that the social activism channel Social TV (YouTube Channel) broadcast the second edition of their magazine In an Occupying Society, which is a ten minute podcast of interviews in which Left, anti-Occupation, Feminist, etc activists talk about the Occupation from various perspectives, from the Israeli side, in an attempt to raise awareness as to what the Occupation is costing Israeli society.
This month's edition is about Militarism and it connects so well with what I overheard on the train.
The video is in Hebrew with English subtitles.
Last month's edition was the economic cost of the Occupation: Part 1 and Part 2.
I came upon a moment like that yesterday on my home on my regular mode of public transportation. Now, lots of things make me go "Only in Israel", but this incident was seriously unique.
I'm sitting and a few rows in the back I hear a guy speak to his buddy on his cellphone. He was crystal clear and I couldn't miss a word.
Here is what he said, translated from Hebrew to English for your benefit:
"Hey man [other person on the phone], I saw Waltz with Bashir last night. And guess what, one of the soldiers that was interviewed was my Commanding Officer when I was in the Army.
My eyes fell out of my face.
He continued:
The movie doesn't make us look good. But it was powerful and seeing my CO there got me to be even more connected
This country is seriously small and screwed up.
It's an interesting coincidence that on the same day that I had this Overheard on Israeli public transport that the social activism channel Social TV (YouTube Channel) broadcast the second edition of their magazine In an Occupying Society, which is a ten minute podcast of interviews in which Left, anti-Occupation, Feminist, etc activists talk about the Occupation from various perspectives, from the Israeli side, in an attempt to raise awareness as to what the Occupation is costing Israeli society.
This month's edition is about Militarism and it connects so well with what I overheard on the train.
The video is in Hebrew with English subtitles.
Last month's edition was the economic cost of the Occupation: Part 1 and Part 2.
