Your Favorite Things About Israel

[yiostheoy]

Stunning places on this Earth to visit, in order of the best:

1 - Jerusalem

2 - Athens, Olympia, Nafplio, Sparta, Mycenae.

3 - Rome

4 - Cairo Egypt

5 - London

6 - Paris

7 - Moscow

8 - Wash DC

 

[Bleipriester]

I like about Israel that the image of the country drawn by our fellow USMB Zionists is untrue.

 

[Sixties Fan]

Israel ranks high as a medical tourism destination

 

[Fenton Lum]

Israel ranks high as a medical tourism destination

“ … many of them come to Israel for orthopedic procedures, where the cost is about half their price in the US.”


From your link, being a better place to go than the US ain’t sayin’ much at all.
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[talksalot]

Israel is a democracy.

Do you know what a democracy is ??


Ancient Athens was a democracy.

I've never visited Israel and am not familiar with Purim....

What's your favorite thing about Israel? That it's a democracy.

In the State of Israel, as in other democratic states, rule is rooted in the following liberal principles and institutions: basic laws that lay down the order of government and the rights of citizens; the holding of elections to the house of representatives based on the principle of the rule of the majority, with the rights of the minority guaranteed by law; the principle of the separation between the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judiciary, to which the institution of state control has been added; freedom of the press.

How Does the Israeli Government Work?

The Jewish State is a representative republic where everybody votes for a Knesset and comes out with 3 parties, two of which must unite in a coalition, to get anything done.

It is the most dysfunctional government on this Earth.

You can love it all you want though.

Yeah, I know. I got my info from /www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org where they identify themselves as a "democratic state," in the same way as the U.S. does......and I didn't say I "loved" their government just that my favorite is that they're a fellow democracy.

Shalom, asshat

 

[Sixties Fan]

One of my favorite cookies for Purim

Traditional Hamantaschen

 

[Sixties Fan]

The History and Meaning of Hamantaschen - Peeling back the layers of the Purim treats also called oznei Haman

 

[Sixties Fan]

One of my favorite singers and song

 

[Sixties Fan]

Another beautiful Esther Ofarim song, from her concert

 

[Lipush]

Today is the second day of Purim

What are your favorites things about the Holiday?
What does it mean to you?
Songs?

The costumes, Adloyada, and alcohol, duh

 

[Sixties Fan]

Beautiful Israeli Folk Dancing

 

[Sixties Fan]

 

[skye]

Never been to Israel but OMG , the history.

Also, I've heard the food is amazing!

 

[Sixties Fan]

Some of my favorite Israeli dishes

The 25 Best Things I Ate in Israel

 

[yiostheoy]

Never been to Israel but OMG , the history.

Also, I've heard the food is amazing!

The food is ok. You can get fire grilled tilapia -- the whole fish. Tastes pretty good. This is what Jesus and his apostles ate too.

The best place to eat is at one of the restaurants along the cliffs of Jaffa by the sea.

As the sun sets you can see across the Mediterranean to Greece and Rome, both of which are out there.

Fantastic.

 

[yiostheoy]

One of the things that I did not like while I was there was that they did not allow tourists (like moi) to carry guns. Funny thing, huh ?!

So I brought a jack knife dagger with me instead in case any Palestinian decided to attack or try to rob me.

The Israeli youth in their late teens and early 20's are all dressed in their G/I uniforms and carry uzi's though, so I felt very safe around them.

They carry a single or double hi cap mag taped together (60 rounds) and clipped to their guns with a rubber band. Even the girls.

It reminds me of Switzerland in that sense -- a gun culture.

Also a lot like the Rocky Mountains states as well, except we don't carry openly like that, we mostly carry concealed.

 

[Sixties Fan]

One of the things that I did not like while I was there was that they did not allow tourists (like moi) to carry guns. Funny thing, huh ?!

So I brought a jack knife dagger with me instead in case any Palestinian decided to attack or try to rob me.

The Israeli youth in their late teens and early 20's are all dressed in their G/I uniforms and carry uzi's though, so I felt very safe around them.

They carry a single or double hi cap mag taped together (60 rounds) and clipped to their guns with a rubber band. Even the girls.

It reminds me of Switzerland in that sense -- a gun culture.

Also a lot like the Rocky Mountains states as well, except we don't carry openly like that, we mostly carry concealed.

The difference between Switzerland and Israel, is that Switzerland is not at war with any neighboring countries and the civilians seem to have a gun culture similar to the
United States.

The soldiers carry the gun, hardly any civilians in Israel.
War was declared on the Jews and later Israel from 1920 on.
It is a matter of defense and not gun culture.

 

[Sixties Fan]

One of the best singers in Israeli History

 

[flacaltenn]

Moderation Message:

Please stay on the topic. Don't LIKE the topic -- don't post. There's a misconception I've heard several times that the Israel/Palestine forum is "just about the conflict". It's not. Any aspect of Israeli or Palestinian life, culture or commerce is welcome as topics. In FACT -- it's might be a bit unifying and refreshing. Who knows???

 

[fncceo]

The Jewish State is a representative republic where everybody votes for a Knesset and comes out with 3 parties, two of which must unite in a coalition, to get anything done.

Parliamentary government is the most common form of Democracy on this planet. There are currently more than 70 nations with this style of government on every continent. By contrast, the American two-party system is unique.

There are currently 15 political parties holding seats in the Israeli Knesset and another 20 or so who don't currently hold any seats.There are six parties in the current coalition.