Bus drivers are always either very nice, or completely mean. Today i had encounters with both types. Walking to the bus on my way to class today i was on the phone with Michael. When the people i was walking with saw the bus already at the stop they began to run. Distracted by my conversation i didn't notice at first. Then as i began to run i realized i wasn't going anywhere with shoes with no backs quickly, so i took them off and began to run in my socks. The people i was walking with jump on the bus and as i approach the driver is closing the door, i can hear the people yelling at him to wait, and he looks at me and drives off. He was a great example of a MEAN bus driver.
So as i put my shoes on, with 15 minutes to get to class i began to walk to a street close by where busses come every 5 minutes. Well, it just wouldn't be a great morning without getting lost. After nearly 10 min of power walking i realized i didn't know where i was and decided to walk back to the original bus stop and just be really late- what else could I do? At that moment a bus pulled up. Well here comes the silver-lining of this otherwise pointless story. I got on and asked the driver if he was going where i needed him to go. He was extremely nice and not only told me no and let me get off the bus but told me to make a right and the number 18 will take me where i needed to go. While it was a horrible start to the morning it quickly brightened up when i found my way completely on my own, speaking only hebrew and somehow got to class only 5 minutes late.
I'm sure everyone is really interested in the war and how it is affecting the people of Israel. I work with an 18 year old girl and today we were talking about our families and siblings. She told me that she has 3 older brothers, she followed that with "they're all in Gaza". I said "Wow i'm so sorry, i hope they'll be alright and i'll pray for them". She nearly interrupted me saying "why are you sorry, we should have gone in there years ago." My israeli roommate also feels this way as do most israelis. The general consensus here is that it's just another war that we have to face and it's absolutely necessary. For those that don't know places like Sderot (right next to Gaza) have had rockets on a regular basis for too long coming into their towns and homes on a daily basis- with only 15 seconds to find shelter. Israel really just said "Maspeek- (enough)." While the country doesn't feel all that different up here in north of Gaza, a friend of mine who was recently in Ashdod told me the city is basically dead and that multiple times a day they have to find shelter. Israel is strong and as most people agree, it is doing the right thing. I don't feel more threatened or scared than i did when i left the country 13 short days ago.
Check this out and get a quick idea of how Israelis feel-
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