On video: A camel was injured in the Negev, the Bedouin residents tried to rescue it (Walla system!)
How many people does it take to put a camel in a car?
No, this is not the beginning of a joke but a real event that happened yesterday (Tuesday) at 12 noon in the Yehuda desert.
Hagai Tal Mahod Hasharon went with his friend Shahar for a trip in a jeep from the village of Hakodim near Arad to the cliffs of Dargot.
On the way, in the Nahal Hever area, they came across Bedouins who were spreading a blanket over an injured camel, apparently due to falling on rocks.
"We saw eight Bedouins with blankets moving a camel," Hagai told Walla!
Tourism, "We got off, stopped the jeep, took out thick belts and helped them pull the camel for about fifteen minutes until we reached the path. Then everyone looked at each other what to do with the camel."
According to Hagai, he did not see how the camel was injured, "but I saw them trying to help him", he recalled.
"We helped them carry him and they asked if we could help them take him with our car."
"They asked if we could help them take him."
The injured camel is put in the luggage (photo: surfers' photos, Hagai Tal)
The Israelis and the Palestinian Bedouins in cooperation to save the camel (photo: Surfer Photos, Hagai Tal)
"We took them all the way to their camp, about four kilometers" (Photo: Surfer Photos, Hagai Tal)
Hagai and his friend approached the baggage and began to clear it so that there would be room for the camel that was supposed to go inside.
"I had to clear chairs and other equipment from the luggage and put them in front to bring the camel in, but there was no other option, it had to be cleared," he says.
According to Hagai, after loading the camel into the baggage, which is a heroic and crazy act at the same time, another fantastic event occurred: the eight Bedouins got on the jeep with him and accompanied the camel, hanging on both sides of the vehicle.
"They were hanging outside on a step, and some traveled with him inside. We took them all the way to their camp, about four kilometers," he describes and adds jokingly, "after that they also had no shame in asking for a ride back to the point to pick up the donkeys they left behind ".
Was invited to Bedouin hospitality as an acknowledgment of gratitude.
Hagai at the Bedouin camp (photo: surfers' photos, Hagai Tal)
"We drank tea and coffee and talked about football."
The Bedouins from the village of Dakika host the Israelis (photo: surfer photos, Hagai Tal)
"I was told that when a camel breaks its leg - it is finished"
The Bedouin were Palestinians from the Ka'abana tribe who lived in the village of Dakiyka (pronounced "Dagiyga") in the Hebron mountain area.
After the camel was evacuated, the Bedouins invited the two Israelis to stay with them in a shig (a Bedouin accommodation camp), and even for a meal.
"But we just drank tea and coffee and talked about football," says Hagai, "we didn't have time for food."
According to him, none of the Bedouins spoke Hebrew, but his friend Shahar spoke to them in the Arabic he knew.
All in all, it was a nice experience," he adds. This morning Hagai went to clean the jeep of blood stains left by the injured camel. "I washed the car in the morning, because we got back quite late yesterday," he says.
And what about the camel?
"Goodbye to the camel.
They told me that when a camel breaks its leg - it is finished, but it only scratches, so it will live."
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