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Anonymous
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This, except for Saudi Arabia. My ex-girlfriend was Omani (and I'm not), but we went around the entire middle east, and pretty much everywhere was really cool (metaphorically speaking) except Saudi Arabia. That place sucks so hard. Dubai was fun, Oman was fun, Yemen was meh, Iran was fun, Jordan was fun.
This thread is about Israel though, so I'll share my experiences there. I'm half-black, multilingual, and carry myself well and even though there are PLENTY of Ethiopian Jews scattered around, I still was the target of the most insane racism I've ever seen (& I lived in the deep south) Restaurants wouldn't serve me, on three occasions just walking by, old Orthodox men spit on the ground in front of me and stared me down, & I actually had some little kid call me a nigger in passing. My girlfriend wasn't with me so it wasn't because I was dating an Arab, it's just because that is a backwards horrible horrible country with customs far worse than any Muslim or African country I've been to.
If you're a Jew, they'll practically pay you to become a citizen, marry a local, and fuck her so you can have kids. But if you aren't, avoid like the plague. I'm fairly convinced it has the absolute worst culture on Earth, and makes the xenophobia of the Far East or the Middle East pale in comparison.
Also, Jews fight eachother all the time. All of this bullshit about Jews v Palestinians is not the real problem over there. The real problem is the crazy conservative orthodox ones want everyone who doesn't wear a Lincoln top hat and speak hebrew 100% of the time to leave, and start shit at every single opportunity with absolutely anyone.
On the plus side, some of the scenery is truly breathtaking. They really did choose the best part of the Middle East to settle.
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