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A Chronicle of Waiting: Conversations with Israelis in a Week of Another Round | Israel Hayom

2023-05-11T19:36:44.890Z

Highlights: "Look at what government is. Protest demonstrations, terror attacks and boycotts, and suddenly in M.K.R.E., an operation in Gaza and all the chicks are shaking in the chicken coop. No, this Bibi is a genius" "I received a message on WhatsApp from a hall owner looking for a couple who canceled their wedding because of the operation, and they can get married with him" "By the end of the week there will be no single men and women left in the south"


"Look at what government is. Protest demonstrations, terror attacks and boycotts, and suddenly in M.K.R.E., an operation in Gaza and all the chicks are shaking in the chicken coop. No, this Bibi is a genius." • Pearls from the space between assassinations and revenge barrages


A: "Yes, an apartment in Sderot is worth more than the kibbutzim, a friend of mine called one of the apartments, they told him come get a key and see for yourself, why don't we have power, I think the only thing they care about is money and they don't care about anything."
B: "Why is it better in Sderot? Does something other than money interest them? A poor friend of mine rented an apartment in Sderot, she didn't check whose insurance was on the building, her apartment was hit by a missile during the operation and was almost completely destroyed. Do you know what the landlord said to her? It's your responsibility! You should have done building insurance, and you didn't, you'll pay me! Poor thing, she hasn't been a student for years and is still paying for the damage!" (Sapir College)

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A: "I received a message on WhatsApp from a hall owner looking for a couple who canceled their wedding because of the operation, and they can get married with him. What a wonderful people we have! I tell you..."B: "
Believe me, if I'm single now I'm running an ad: A man with a ready hall is looking for a woman for a wedding, a few women call me straight away! Listen, a free wedding hall, not walking... But what am I going to do, I'm married."
A: "Leave you, get divorced, and hurry up - why at this rate it seems to me that by the end of the week there will be no single men and women left in the south" (Bus, Sderot)

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"Yo honey, do you realize that if there is a sale now it will be our second operation since we've been together? Doesn't that excite you?! It excites me rockets!" (Sapir College)

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A: "Yesterday I went to bed at about two and a half, only after the fires were over, if you hadn't told me to come to the beach with you, I wouldn't have gotten up until noon... B
: "I went to bed at three! No, whoever invented Lag B'Omer was really smart. That's what it's fun to be able to go to the beach between all the matriculations."
A: "But say, aren't you afraid that maybe the goddess from Gaza will start shooting after the funerals?"
B: "No! They have no power over us, they will probably shoot at Sderot, it's much easier to shoot at them. And even if they fire at Tel Aviv, they will miss and it will fall in the water. They will probably target Azrieli or some other tower, which is much more impressive to hit than on some beach."
A: "When I think about it, wow what poor people those in Sderot, they also took their day off from school."
B: "Yes, that's what my mother told me, invest, learn English and math hard, work in high-tech, stay in the center and be safe. Because if you don't, you might have to live in Ashkelon or Sderot."
A: "Yes, huh..?"
B: "Yes..." (Bus, Ramat Gan)

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A: "I told him, I told him, again, again and again, Dad, there is a war, don't stay alone in the south, come to our center, stay with us for a day or two. Be with the grandchildren for a while, relax."
B: "And what did he tell you?"
A: "You know him, he's stubborn, won't move from his house. But what excuses does he have - to die. He said he was retired and wasn't looking for work anymore. This is not the first operation, and today they are also shooting at the center. I told him, Dad - Kiryat Ono is not Tel Aviv. So he told me that Be'er Sheva is not Sderot."
B: "Right! I don't think you should be nervous about it. Nothing is happening so far anyway. Say, have you heard about the two women who were poisoned in a fancy restaurant? Doesn't that stress you out?"
A: "Absolutely not! Homed, this is Kiryat Ono, not Tel Aviv..." (Restaurant, Kiryat Ono)

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A: "Look at what this government is, protest demonstrations, terror attacks and boycotts. And all of a sudden there is an assassination in Gaza, and whoops - there's an 'operation in Gaza,' and all the chicks are shaking in the coop. No, this Bibi is a genius, instead of 'archery,' they should have called this operation 'and returned mandates home.'"
B: "But they don't call Operation Archery."
A: "So what's his name?"
B: "Shield and arrow".
A: "What delusional name is this, we shot an arrow and now raise a shield? What is it, a war between Indians and Romans? Whenever you think they won't be able to come up with a more stupid name, they succeed. Who even gives these operations names?"
A: "They say it's the IDF's computer, emitting them randomly."
B: "If it's the IDF's computer, I hope that besides that, it doesn't do anything else. Explain to me how, with so many successful copywriters within two kilometers of the Kirya, and not being used?"
A: "Because two kilometers from the Kirya is the protest area. What do you want, for someone to give this operation a name like 'fire, fire, campfire?'" (Cafe, Tel Aviv)

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A: "Did you see that if you turn the letters of the name of the operation Arrow and Shield, it comes out of Gantz's brain?"
B: "Well, what does that mean?"
A: "That it's all this Gantz, on television plays it nationally and supportively, hands are in Bibi's hands but Gantz's brain, setting the area on fire, and who gets screwed? We're an operation at our own expense."
B: "..."A: "
What are you silent?"
A: "Because you're so stressed that you're out of your mind. Here I checked in the gematria calculator on my phone what is hidden in the name of the operation Arrow and Shield. You knew it was 197 in gematria, and that 197 was also – Osama Laden, a patient man, and Avihu Mandelbaum."
A: "The Attorney General? I told you, Babylon controls everything."
B: "No, this is Avichai Mandelblit, not Avihu and not Mandelbaum. And by the way, if you're looking for a clue to Operation Gantz's brain, then in gematria it's also equal to 'What a cripple - missiles'" (Bnei Brak)

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A: "It's not just that they don't respond, I think Islamic Jihad just learned from Israel – not to react, to shut up."
B: "Then respond at the chosen time and place..."
A: "No, they don't have to react at all, when it comes to hurting each other, we, as Israelis, do a much better job than all the organizations in Gaza."
B: "All well and good, but what would you say if the alarm sounded now?"
A: "That they can't hold back anymore. Men, you know..." Sarona Market (Tel Aviv)

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A: "I was sure they kept the missiles for after the funerals, and didn't fire. After that, I thought they wanted to make a big noise during Bibi's press conference, and they didn't shoot. After that I thought they were waiting for the Eurovision semi-finals, to destroy Noa Kirl, and didn't shoot. I went to sleep in the safe room because I was sure we'd wake up from an alarm and they hadn't been shot. And the most annoying thing is that the radio keeps talking about 'tense silence'. There really is no such thing as 'tense silence'": "
So how would you define this time?"
A: "Tense, without quiet" (Cafe, Beer Sheva)

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Source: israelhayom

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