These are images that I couldn’t and wouldn’t hoard, and so I obtained permission to share these privately-circulated photographs through a “sister” who knows I’d love them. The collection is simply titled “Only in Israel”, an opinion I’m certain most would share. Unfortunately since The Holy Land is still in my To-Do List, and since I have never seen images like these elsewhere, I must concur.
Where else in the world would you find a soldier taking her baby to work, or where would you find a beautiful supermodel done up in the poster-type pose of her trade but before you start having ideas and thinking – not upon your life, b-i-m-b-o – a bland image of the young lady at her work desk appears!
Or, an intimidating array of lovely ladies with serious hardware strapped on their persons at their neighborhood convenience stores, picking up, ‘scuse me – ice-cream …
Okay, or this: a parking lot with a few nifty wheels muscled in by a not-out-of-place reliable and rugged old Me-Too-More-Than-A-Contender wheels!
Conservative Jews who [sort of] celebrate Christmas, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera?
Where you are warned of camels – yeah, and T-A-N-K-S – crossings, as in railroad crossings!
TOLA, Ibadan, Nigeria. March 7, 2015.
Soldiers who bring their kids to work…
IDF Spokespersons Unit
The reason 7-Elevens are never robbed in Israel …
Rachel Papo
More Women fly F-16’s in Israel than drive cars in Saudi Arabia.
Supermodels who serve in the army …
A hasidic family dressed like this …
No cars on the road for an entire 24 hours …
Israel is one of the only countries where the sun sets into the Mediterranean Sea.
Israel is the only country where army reservists are commanded by officers younger than their own children.
Via israelreturns.jewlicious.net
An entire country comes to a halt
Hasidic family crossing sign …
Captions for all photographs supplied to blogger with images.
Pardon, Sharon & other Baronfamily Group members for the slight re-arrangement; my world view, okay, prejudices do show! TOLA.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2015. 4:05 a.m. [GMT]
March 7, 2015
The Middle East