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EPISODE · Nov 19, 2023 · 2 MIN

War Ep. 8 German Version: what it feels like being an Israeli nowadays

from JBA Talks · host Jonathan Ben Ami

What it feels like to be an Israeli nowadays Translation to my English friends:What it feels like to be an Israeli by a simple IsraeliBeing an Israeli nowadays is waking up, and even though you don't like politics, you open the news.Being an Israeli nowadays is opening the news and wishing to hear some sympathy from another country.Being an Israeli nowadays means understanding that besides the U.S., Israel is alone in this fight against evil and accountable only for herself.Being an Israeli nowadays,Is getting your alertness from 0 to 100 because each time a door slams or a car accelerates, it reminds you of a missile launch or a missile hit.Being an Israeli nowadays is to feel stupid when you ask another Israeli:" How are you?" because you know they will not answer fine or great.Being an Israeli nowadays, is to truly believe that each time you go to the shower there will be a missile alarm.Being an Israeli nowadays is to run to a shelter because there is an alarm.Being an Israeli nowadays,Is to have terror organizations' names, as part of your kids' vocabulary.Being an Israeli nowadays,Is to hear other Israelis who live in democratic countries like Spain, the UK, France, etc, sharing their fear of "exposing" their identity because a pro-Palestine supporter will attack them and not only with words.Being an Israeli nowadays,Is understanding that the sentence:"To be free in our own country is not just a line from our anthem.It's the truth...

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