When I was drafted to the military, it was a really difficult time in our friendship,

because from their eyes I was a traitor of the idea.

Like, how do you talk about peace when you're holding a gun and wearing a uniform and I can understand because it's it hurts

them I'm turned apart this is the same can't carua yeah because I grew up in a Zionist

house my father really pushed me to to go to the military because I grew up in a Zionist house.

My father really pushed me to go to the military because the first thing that we need is defense.

I understand the meaning and the importance of the military in this area and in this country.

I know all the things that the Jewish people went

through. Then I understand it that we need the house for the Jewish people from all the world to come here

and to be safe. This is one part of me. But the other thing is that I know what this military is doing.

And I think this war really brought me to to a hard identity crisis because all the open question that I had just open up more

after the 7th October.

Hey listeners, it's Mishi.

So, as you know, during these incredibly difficult days,

we're trying to bring you voices we're hearing among and around us.

These aren't stories, they're just quick conversations, or postcards really, that try to capture slivers of life right now.

As has been said many times in the past, identity is like an onion.

They're layers of our family and our favorite soccer team, our country and religion, our political persuasions and musical preferences,

and on and on, and on. For me at least, and I imagine for many of you, the place I'm from,

in my case Jerusalem, looms large and plays a major role in the way I see myself and the world.

That's definitely true for Adam Ben Shabbat, whose childhood community is as a result of the war,

being torn at the seams. This war has forced many people, including the people of Adam's village, to question long-held

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