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Yet again, Israel’s public shelters become sites of camaraderie amid steep danger

JL;DR SUMMARY Amidst the backdrop of a joint U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran, Israeli bomb shelters have become unique sites of community and resilience. 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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Middle EastIranCommunitySolidarityConflictU.S. Israeli RelationsBomb SheltersJaffaShelter Camaraderie

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Jaffa, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Spirits ran high inside a large public bomb shelter in the Israeli coastal city of Jaffa, with loud chatter, singing and greetings of Happy Iran Holiday, an incongruous soundtrack to the joint U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran and the hundreds of missiles that followed."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Across the country, similar scenes played out in shelters and spread on social media, including one from Nachlaot in Jerusalem of people singing For the Jews There was Light and Joy, a Purim song marking the storys turn after Hamans plot to kill the Jews was thwarted."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"In a sprawling underground parking lot turned shelter at Dizengoff Center in central Tel Aviv, Shabbat prayers gave way to dancing and songs of Dont Be Afraid, Oh Israel and Am Yisrael Chai."
Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Israel
"It turned out to be shrapnel coming down not far away. The impact was part of a wider series of strikes across central Israel, including one that turned lethal in Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, when a public bomb shelter was hit."
Holon, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"In the underground shelter at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, a sign overhead read the safest shelter in existence."

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