Hey, I'm Ishih Harmon, and this is Israel's story.

As you know, we're in the midst of our wartime diary series, which is an attempt to collect slivers of life

during these seemingly endless and difficult days.

Today we bring you something a bit different,

a story not of a person, but of a bus stop.

Or really, I should probably say, of two bus stops.

Seven and a half years ago, Zevlev Levi joined our team as an intern.

Today he's Israel Story's C-O-O-O-O-O.

But still, just like Benny Beggine and Dauvehanein back in the day, he takes the bus to work every morning.

In fact, he takes two buses to work.

See, Zeev, his wife and their three kids live in Suradassa, a small town 12 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem.

The first bus he takes stops right across the street from his house.

He then switches to another bus at the entrance to the

nearby city of Betar Liette, which is on the other side of the green line, or in other

words is a settlement in the West Bank. And since the bus system in Israel isn't exactly known for its punctuality,

Zev spends quite a bit of time waiting around at these two bus stops,

contemplating their respective merits.

Okay, he'll take it from here.

Even though Tsoradasa and Baitari Litt are very close to each other, they might as well be in two different worlds.

It's not just the fact that they're on opposite sides of the green line, it's that

Suhadassa has a mixed population of secular and religious Jews, while Beitari Litt is almost entirely

hareidi.

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