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ould you stay, along
with loved ones, in the
guest home of an Arab
family?
More and more Israeli Jews
are doing just that — vacation-
ing in Arab villages in the Galilee
region, according to Yediot
Aharonot.
For the first time, dozens of Is-
raeli Arabs have been opening
their homes to paying guests,
Yediot Aharonot reports.
Israeli Arabs — 800,000 Pales-
tinians and 200,000 Druze and
Bedouin — are generally seen as
peaceful, law-abiding, tax- pay-
ing citizens of the Jewish state.
The Druze and Bedouin even
serve in the Israel Defense
Forces. And while the Israeli
Palestinians, who are mostly
Muslim, generally do not serve
in the army (although there are
dozens of exceptions every year),
they did not join the intifada, the
Palestinian uprising in the West
Bank and Gaza Strip that raged
in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Nevertheless, some Israeli
Jews, who generally have little
contact with Israeli Arabs, hesi-
tate to sleep in Arab bed and
breakfast inns.
They should put aside all their
worries and prejudices, Yediot
Aharonot reports.
Staying at an Arab B&B is an
exotic experience. For breakfast,
the hosts, usually a man and one
or more of his wives, serve fresh-
ly made pita bread, large green
olives, homemade soft and hard
goat and sheep cheeses, tasty
vegetables, and tea with nana, a
local peppermint-like herb, ac-
cording to Yediot Aharonot. The
Israeli Arabs — who follow the
Middle Eastern code of hospital-
ity — have a hard time getting
used to charging for their ser-
vices, Yediot Aharonot reports.
Arab hosts told Yediot
Aharonot they hope operating the
B&B's will help bridge the gap
between themselves and Israeli
Jews.
"Residents of my village meet
Jews in the army, and then they
go their separate ways," Rami
Chamud told Yediot Aharonot.
"Maybe hosting [Jews in the
guest homes] will bring us clos-
er."
Overdrive Testing
Israeli drivers are the most pre-
carious in the world. They pose a
much greater risk to the public
than Islamic- fundamentalist ter-
rorists or drugs.
The government is trying to
cure the nation's dangerous dri-
ving disease. It is administering
driving tests that are so tough
they make it harder to become
a driver than a commando para-
trooper.
One out of every four Israelis
fail at least three driving tests be-
fore getting their license, accord-
ing to Yediot Aharonot.
Michelle Karen, for example,
took six tests before winning her
independence on the road. The
18-year-old soldier told Yediot
Aharonot that one of her
testers flunked her because she
drove too slow. "It irritated him."
But at least she now has a li-
cense. Kobi Tzobri has failed nine
tests and may flunk many more
before he can get behind the
wheel and drive away, Yediot
Aharonot reports. Having to wait
a month or two in between tests
has made this task a long-term
project for the 29-year-old busi-
ness manager.
If he continues to fail tests, he
may catch up with David Baruch,
58, who has taken 19 tests and
has yet to see his picture on a dri-
ving license. "Thirty years I ride
my bike in the rain and heat," he
told Yediot Aharonot, "but now
I am old and it's difficult."
Don't sell the bike yet.
The Shot Heard
Around Ethiopia
Four years after joining 10,000
Ethiopian Jews in an overnight,
secret airlift to the Jewish state,
Avi Vashia showed Israelis what
he thinks about their hospitali-
ty. He recently pleaded guilty to
shooting a co-worker in the stom-
ach, causing him permanent, but
not life-threatening injuries.
The reason he did it, he claims,
was because Nishim Chalivah, a
veteran worker for Israel Trains,
had been making racist remarks
about him and other Ethiopian
Jews.
According to Yediot Aharonot,
Mr. Chalivah uttered such re-
marks as, "You are animals,"
"monkeys," "Who are you that the
country spent so much money
bringing you here?"
Taking this into account, the
Israeli court gave Mr. Vashia a
light sentence — two and half
years. And many Israelis, in-
cluding children, have been send-
ing him letters of support. But
Mr. Vashia told Yediot Aharonot
he still regrets making aliyah.
"We do not feel part of Israeli so-
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ciety." ❑