(Originally posted July 14th, 2006)
Fridays are the best days in Tel-Aviv. Getting up late, going to the mall, the market, wandering in the streets with no special reason. Fridays are the days you sit with friends in the cafe, looking at the people go by in the streets, bumping into someone you know from the neighbourhood or just an old friend from school.
Friday afternoons are the most peaceful times in Tel-Aviv. You might even find a parking spot. On Friday afternoon the radio plays easy-listening music, oldies. Drinking cold lemonade and reading the weekend newspapers. That's Friday afternoon in Tel-Aviv.
Today, Friday afternoon is even more peaceful. The war that broke slowed down everything. Everybody's quite, everybody's thinking about how it's all going to end. Everybody is frustrated. Why do we deserve this? Why, after pulling out from Lebanon all the way to the last inch, should we deal with wars again? Why is it that even though we're out of Lebanon, even though we were attacked by Lebanon, why is it that the world still sees Israel as the aggressor? What should we do? Should we let the Lebanese keep shooting? Just let it go?
This Friday afternoon, we are all pensive.
This Friday afternoon is sad.
Fridays are the best days in Tel-Aviv. Getting up late, going to the mall, the market, wandering in the streets with no special reason. Fridays are the days you sit with friends in the cafe, looking at the people go by in the streets, bumping into someone you know from the neighbourhood or just an old friend from school.
Friday afternoons are the most peaceful times in Tel-Aviv. You might even find a parking spot. On Friday afternoon the radio plays easy-listening music, oldies. Drinking cold lemonade and reading the weekend newspapers. That's Friday afternoon in Tel-Aviv.
Today, Friday afternoon is even more peaceful. The war that broke slowed down everything. Everybody's quite, everybody's thinking about how it's all going to end. Everybody is frustrated. Why do we deserve this? Why, after pulling out from Lebanon all the way to the last inch, should we deal with wars again? Why is it that even though we're out of Lebanon, even though we were attacked by Lebanon, why is it that the world still sees Israel as the aggressor? What should we do? Should we let the Lebanese keep shooting? Just let it go?
This Friday afternoon, we are all pensive.
This Friday afternoon is sad.
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