Well Israel most certainly does exist, and it has its own international dialling code, internet domain ending, and everything. What's more, Vodafone operates in Israel, and you can send SMS there if you wish.
People also would call Israel because they are the most technologically advanced state in the region and the hub for commerce and scientific development.
The dialling code for Israel is +972. That's part of a sequence of number which includes UAE 971, Bahrain 973 and of course Qatar at 974.
Sounds like someone somewhere had a bit of a sense of humour, or else didn't realise that as a condition of connecting the Middle East to the global telecoms network they were required to have 'beliefs or values' which advance an Islamist political agenda.
Surely +666 the sign of the Satan would be a better code. (LOL)
If you stopped listening to the imams of hatred spewing their anti-everything propaganda, and made up your own mind on things like this, perhaps your arguments would be a bit more robust. Saying 'we are Arabs and therefore we all hate Israel' is, umm, not really very nuanced. Perhaps an appropriate place to start would be the oppression of Arabs themselves by Arab dictators, rather than some mythologised Zionist conspiracy.
What is Israel but the focal point for 1500 years of resentment at a lack of prestige and progress? Everything's their fault, after all.
Unearned oil wealth and an indoor ski slope is, by the way, not to be confused with 'prestige'.
PS. I think they have a little saying in Qatar which could be adapted. If you don't like it, then just don't call the number!
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"let's slip out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini" Mae West
Well Israel most certainly does exist, and it has its own international dialling code, internet domain ending, and everything. What's more, Vodafone operates in Israel, and you can send SMS there if you wish.
People also would call Israel because they are the most technologically advanced state in the region and the hub for commerce and scientific development.
The dialling code for Israel is +972. That's part of a sequence of number which includes UAE 971, Bahrain 973 and of course Qatar at 974.
Sounds like someone somewhere had a bit of a sense of humour, or else didn't realise that as a condition of connecting the Middle East to the global telecoms network they were required to have 'beliefs or values' which advance an Islamist political agenda.
Surely +666 the sign of the Satan would be a better code. (LOL)
If you stopped listening to the imams of hatred spewing their anti-everything propaganda, and made up your own mind on things like this, perhaps your arguments would be a bit more robust. Saying 'we are Arabs and therefore we all hate Israel' is, umm, not really very nuanced. Perhaps an appropriate place to start would be the oppression of Arabs themselves by Arab dictators, rather than some mythologised Zionist conspiracy.
What is Israel but the focal point for 1500 years of resentment at a lack of prestige and progress? Everything's their fault, after all.
Unearned oil wealth and an indoor ski slope is, by the way, not to be confused with 'prestige'.
PS. I think they have a little saying in Qatar which could be adapted. If you don't like it, then just don't call the number!
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"let's slip out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini" Mae West