2/ Israel is consistently ranked among the very happiest in the world. It is home to what Time Out says is the "funnest" city in the world.
No wonder the guy in Time Out's photo looks so sad.
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The NYT view of "what it means to be Israeli today: “tensions," "inequities,” “divisions,” “unrest,” “fury,” “ambivalence,” “illegitimacy,” “alienation,” “injustice,” “discrimination,” “bias,” “abuse,” misfortune, “slums” & “shabby” “tired” “garish” towns.
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3/ A few years ago I had the misfortune of randomly stumbling upon this parade of sadness in the Druze town of Dalyat al Karmel.
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4/ One Friday afternoon, I stumbled upon these strangers sitting on a hill overlooking Jerusalem's Old City walls, strumming and singing classic songs about the city. I took them up on their invitation to sit with them, and snapped a pic of their tears of sadness.
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7/ Was paging through an old family album, and confirmed that the abject misery documented by the NYT preceded our generation.
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8/ Here is
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's place at the top of the World Happiness Index.
(Considering how miserable they made Israel appear, I shudder to think how the
@nytimes
would capture the zeitgeist of the 137 countries ranked lower than Israel. The streets would be flooded with tears.)
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Wondering what
#SadSadIsrael
is all about? (it's a great hashtag). Check out this helpful explainer from
@CAMERAorg
re the
@nytimes
"comical" account of what it means to be Israeli.
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Love this one!
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In September, things were so bad in Israel, that my children were forced to dwell in a tent
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But in Israel, the sun's rays contain harmful UV radiation. Probably has something to do with their nuclear research. (Right,
@nytimes
?)
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Jews & Arabs. Israelis & Palestinians. They're all wet. Real
#coexistence
on a hot summer day. #يوم_الجمعة #שבת_שלום
#TGIF
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Ridiculing
@PatrickKingsley
as he projects personal life issues on an unwitting target? Let's, instead, guide him to help.
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