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Embracing go-bags and gallows humor, Israelis live in limbo as Trump teases war with Iran

JL;DR SUMMARY Israelis are managing their lives amidst potential war with Iran, prompted by U.S. President Trump's military maneuvers in the region. 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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IranDonald TrumpPurimBomb SheltersWar PreparednessGallows HumorNatalie SilverliebDiane NealKatie Silver

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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"with Iranian missiles incoming. Since last summer, she has had a baby, so she now has packed diapers and wipes alongside passports and water."
Beersheba, Southern District, Israel
"killed 28 people last summer, including four women in an Arab town in northern Israel; a Ukrainian family that had come for cancer treatment for their daughter; and an activist at her home in Beersheba."
Southern District, Israel
"killed 28 people last summer, including four women in an Arab town in northern Israel; a Ukrainian family that had come for cancer treatment for their daughter; and an activist at her home in Beersheba."
United States
"The New Jersey native added, If anything, we probably should be preparing to get the hell out of the country."
Iran
"and the regime that permitted the threat is destroyed.b"

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