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Article: Israel's other Israel: the Tel Aviv 'bubble'.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- July 19, 2009
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Byline: Josh Mitnick Correspondent
Tel Aviv -- The Israeli relationship with this city is captured in a hit song about a 20-something who moves here from Jerusalem:
"I mix in with the scene. Everything is fresh, and that's good," goes the hip-hop verse by Dag HaNahash. "After two years of Sodom and Gomorrah, I don't recognize myself in the mirror."
Welcome to The Bubble, as Israelis call it. Here, residents forgo news about Hamas rocket fire for an espresso, then mosey down to the beach. While Jewish settlers spar with Palestinians in the West Bank, "Tel Avivis" make merry at disco clubs.
"Here you have the freedom to dress the way you ...