GOOD MORNING
i have posted it before, a long time ago. this time i have stolen it from kevjn in english...
i think its a shorter version than mine..
Israel is the only country . . .
in which the unemployed go on strike; . . . the only country with 2 Finance Ministers, neither of whom owns a cent; where the PM is constitutionally banned from assuming the Defence portfolio at the same time; where the Opposition forgets to bandy their candidate in the capital's constituencies; where Knesset members vote on a right of silence but can't keep their mouths shut; that tries to conceal military secrets from the rest of the world and yet remains silent when ruinous rumours leak; that has dispatched a communications satellite into outer space even though Israelis can’t even let each other finish their sentences;
where you line up for an hour and a half but stay on cursing another three because someone shoved you; . . . where the first thing people ask when you return from overseas is whether you brought back towels from the hotel you stayed at; where Iraqi missiles, Lebanese Katyushas, Syrian shells and suicide bombers from Gaza have exploded, yet that 3-room apartment towers higher and costs more than anything similar in Paris; where porn actresses are queried “what does your mum say about that?”; where soccer players arrive with their dads in tow to have their trainers screamed at; . . . where the man in the unbuttoned shirt with the stain is the minister while the one beside him in suit and tie is his driver;
where the phrase “I didn’t bug you” simply means “I want to bug you”; where Muslim hawkers peddle holy souvenirs to Christians in exchange for wads of currency with Maimonides’ face plastered thereupon; where people leave home at 18, and continue staying home at 24; where guests visiting you for the first time casually help themselves to the refrigerator; where the state of security at a given moment can be divined from radio hits; where the rich are leftist-Socialists, the poor are rightist-Capitalists, and everyone in between pays for everything; where it’s easier to acquire software for spaceflight than have a washing machine installed within a week; where the time unit “I’ll be there between 11-6” exists in festive abundance; where you ask a girl on the first date where she served in the army, only to find out she was more combat-fit than you were; where, between the most festive and most solemn days lie but 60 seconds;
where the majority of the people can’t explain why they live there and specifically there, but who have no shortage of reasons arguing why they can’t live elsewhere; where abhorrence for politicians, officials, the status quo, taxes, the quality of service, and the weather is the clearest indicator of love for your country.
and i do love Israel, it's the only place i could have lived in, and i love it.
it's the only place for me! Welcome to Israel.
Alex- where r u?!??!?!?!