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'A little bit dystopian': As Iran attacks, 2 Canadians describe the atmosphere in Israeli bomb shelters

JL;DR SUMMARY Canadian tourists Maddy Eisenberg and Dave Heilbron find themselves in a harrowing situation as they spend their visit to Israel in bomb shelters due to ongoing strikes between Israel and Iran. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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IranLgbtqTourismConflictBomb SheltersPride ParadeMissile StrikesCanadian TouristsAir Raid Alerts

Places mentioned

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
"Eisenberg of Ottawa has been hunkering down in her hotel along with a delegation of other prominent Jewish Canadians from the LGBTQ community."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Canadian tourist Maddy Eisenberg took the opportunity to grab some fresh air outside her Tel Aviv beachfront hotel."
Jerusalem, Israel
"And earlier, they'd met with the president of Israel, Isaac Herzog, who, with his wife, became the first ever to march in a pride event in Jerusalem just the week before."
Caesarea, Haifa District, Israel
"We were at Zazera, which is a town between Haifa and Tel Aviv. Yeah. Caesarea. Sorry about that."
Iran
"During a lull in the nightly rocket attacks from Iran these past few nights."
Netherlands
"The former Toronto native came to Israel for pride from the Netherlands with his husband."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"We were at Zazera, which is a town between Haifa and Tel Aviv."
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