tennis in tel aviv
I had lunch yesterday with a guy who spent several years living in Israel as a teen and young adult.
We didn't talk about the Occupation, or anything like that, although I know he's ethnically Jewish and sympathetic to the Palestinians.
We talked about tennis.
I guess I was surprised when I shouldn't have been. I was surprised that it was possible, in Israel, to have similar experiences to a teen in Aotearoa NZ, despite everything.
Perhaps when I've travelled more I'll make less stupid assumptions about what life is like in other places.
1 comment:
If the person lived in TA, then chances are high that he would've been living as close to a "normal western life" as anyone in Israel - It's one of very few places where you can live a secular lifestyle relatively free of blatantly obvious issues (other than bombings, of course).
Incidentally, if he's Jewish (and a lefty), theres a fairly high chance that I know him.
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