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[hotlavamonster]

In honor of Hebrew Book Week, Haaretz journalists were given some time off and replaced by some of Israel's leading authors and poets.

"Among those articles were gems like the stock market summary, by author Avri Herling. It went like this: 'Everything’s okay. Everything’s like usual. Yesterday trading ended. Everything’s okay. The economists went

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[hotlavamonster]

And so much easier on the reader.

[gringo_in_tj]

This is so FUCKYES! I don't even know where to start. My favorite passage:

"I lay in bed and thought wondrously how, amid the alienation and indifference of the harsh Israeli reality, such islands - stubborn little bubbles of care, tenderness and humanity - still exist."

Fire the journalists! Hire writers!

Great link, absolutely great.