So the bombs are dropping. The tourists are freaking out and running to shelters while Israelis have their cell phones out filming Star Wars. The emergency siren sounded last Thursday night/Friday morning signaling the start of war and Israelis got to work immediately. Making memes. We’ve been through this before. For centuries. An evil empire seeks to destroy us. Miracles happen. We win. Let’s party.

I guess it’s part of the resilience that the morning after an intense night of missiles hitting the city, Tel Avivians can be found drinking coffee at sidewalk cafes. Nothing will stop us. We keep on living. And laughing. It’s seriously what keeps us strong. Finding the humor in every situation.

Like our city announcing free parking during war time 🤪. Nu? Can’t we stretch this out just a little longer?

The planes are not landing in Ben Gurion. All passengers are stuck both ways. Airspace over Israel is closed. Yet I managed to get not one, but two Amazon deliveries today right on time! Hysterical and true. Nothing stops these guys.

Within two days of the Israeli attack on Iran this genius of a video short came out, a spoof on “Fauda”

https://youtube.com/shorts/zVurSLHDeU0?si=VsW8-sW2oSbUJoPQ

There’s so much irony in this war. The Shiite regime of the Ayatollahs has been repressing women for decades, subjugating them, covering them, banning them from education and society. So what does Israel do? Send in teams of women fighter pilots and navigators to bomb Tehran.

There’s nothing these imams and mullahs hate more than Israel and Jews. That’s why this is so funny –

After 72 hours of the IAF clearing Iranian airspace and eliminating virtually all of the IRGC hierarchy, we’ve heard that Khameni has gone into hiding. No sooner than it was announced, the memes started flowing.

The joke here is that among those in Iran no one knows where the Ayatollah is……. Except the Mossad. (BaDAHbum 🥁)

Life in Israel really is a little crazy right now. We are getting about two hours of sleep each night before being awakened by sirens and Iran is getting their own fireworks display.

Even John and I are cracking wise. Last night: We received a message from Emergency warning that an attack was imminent. Stay close to shelter. That was two hours ago, and I’ve been putting off taking a shower. (Do I have time to pee/shower before the red alert? Frequent thought here)

22:49 pm

Me: Do you think I’ll have time to take a shower now? Do you think they’ll bomb at 11? John : They haven’t bombed at 11 yet…. Me: But they said they’d bomb imminently. They could throw us for a loop. John: Check with the Spanish speakers. They seem to know everything beforehand 😂. Me: But what if the siren goes off and I’m in the shower and don’t hear it? John: Then you’ll be dead. Me: Will you tell me? John: Sure. I’ll shout up at you from the miklat (safe room).

Yesterday the news all over the world was whether there would be American involvement. And what would happen? Not to worry, there’s a meme for that too –

In the meantime, Iran is getting a thorough thrashing by Israel.

This is one video we had to watch again and again. At first we thought this was a skit by SNL or the Israeli Eretz Nehederet, but it was real. All I could think (besides that finger wagging was Gilda Radner. The ultimate irony after the Iranian regime calling for the destruction of the Zionist pig dogs for the past 78 years…. And then the producer yelling at the end (John Belushi?)

https://youtu.be/A19SWMWYojs?si=NGXCLDTn5nz7BkNq

Breaking: The Mossad responds to the IRGC’s claim of their targeting a Mossad base: “None of us are at the base. We’re all inside Iran.”

Hey. There are so many Mossad agents operating in Iran right now that I accidentally bumped into a guy at the shuk and stupidly said, ‘slikhah’ (excuse me). Before realizing I may have accidentally blown my cover, the other guy answered ‘ha kol b’seder, akhi.’ (It’s all ok, bro)

As far as the resolve and resiliency of Israelis, especially during wartime….there’s absolutely nothing like it. Life continues, because if we stop participating joyously, they win. Here, a folk dance class continues in the underground protected area of a community center. During a missile barrage! (This one’s for you, Carola😉)

https://youtube.com/shorts/1X2h7QuJZmY?si=e5NPMIf-TAmIxKeo

https://youtube.com/shorts/wKAkgGHI-e0?si=SwFT011y2-141TaJ

Khameni calls Trump and says, “I had a dream last night that all of New York was in ruins, and Iranian flags were flying everywhere.” Trump replies, “Strange. I dreamed that all of Tehran was thriving, full of high tech and billboards…”. “What did the billboards say?” asks Khameni. Trump answers, “You think I know how to read Hebrew?”

I really wish I could download and repost some of the great and uplifting things happening here in Israel. I will leave you with a parting A-I generated video. Do you remember that calm, soft spoken yet direct and fatherly Israeli spokesman for the IDF, Gen. Daniel Hagari? He retired after a year of reporting and the entire country missed him so badly. He really was irreplaceable. And he’s back!

https://youtube.com/shorts/2X0TKPLREx0?si=pv0uIV7Mvo3JJ_j7

May there be only good news through tomorrow!