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Monday, July 26, 2010

Saying 'Tel Aviv' on the streets of Istanbul

"Saying 'Tel Aviv' on the streets of Istanbul
By ELANA KIRSH
07/26/2010 17:45

Comment: Israelis and Turks have a lot in common.

I was speaking to a bartender recently who responded to my telling him that I live in Tel Aviv by saying “Ah, Falastine?” When I corrected him, saying that the area is not contested, though there are other areas that I hoped would one day be part of Palestine, he shrugged and said, “I really don't know enough to comment.” "

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