Like many others across the country, Tikva Gideon has been trying to return to a certain routine in recent days, at least on social media. In a Q&A session on Instagram last night, where she has 179,<> followers, the "Big Brother" winner was asked about living in Jaffa and spoke about her feelings as a resident of the mixed city.
"I hope you will consider moving from Jaffa," wrote Gideon, who chose to answer this at length, noting that this is not the first time she has received similar responses. "Whenever there's an operation or the situation is a little tense, they always ask me, 'How do you live in Jaffa?' or 'Aren't you afraid to stay in Jaffa?'" she said. "It's quiet here, it's a waste of time. I live in the noisiest place in the world, and there was silence. It's a hallucination. I'm not afraid because everything here is normal and everyone behaves well, there's a lot of security forces here. Border policemen, reservists, there's no reason not to feel safe here."
The star added an amusing reminder of her days in the country's famous house, noting: "I'm used to being in a house where there are people who don't want me to be there and end up walking before me. So whoever is in Jaffa and doesn't suit him that I'm here, should take his fakalaot and leave. I'm here until they say otherwise."
"Hallucination". Tikva Gideon (Archive), Photo: Efrat Eshel
Gideon was also asked what strengthens her the most these days, to which she replied: "There are several things that strengthen me during this time, one of them is that I found a way to help and help, so I feel like I'm contributing and helping, and it makes me feel good. Second, it's togetherness. A minute before October 7, I would hear a different story every day about a different group in the population, left-right, Mizrahi-Ashkenazi, religious-secular. All this distinction and this division was really hard for me, and today I feel that everyone is together. Everyone is in it, everyone is mobilizing."
She concluded by saying that another thing that strengthens her is faith: "I'm lucky that I grew up with these values, because I really think what does a person who doesn't have faith do these days? What can you hold on to? So I cling to the Creator, and that strengthens me on levels."
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