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By bus through Israel – a land of contrasts. Part 1 of our new series: Waiting for EGGED – Bus stories from Israel.

View of Tel Aviv's central bus station on January 11, 2023. Photo: Matanya Tausig/Flash90
View of Tel Aviv's central bus station on January 11, 2023. Photo: Matanya Tausig/Flash90

A close-up of bus travel in the Holy Land – about zebras, polar bears, Jewish humor, and an arctic nightmare in public transportation through the Negev.

Penguin and polar bear

A penguin is white and black or black and white, depending on whether you see it from the front or the back first. The same applies to the polar bear, though it doesn’t show it as openly. If you shaved off its white fur, its black skin would be revealed. It’s hard for a polar bear to blush, even if it felt ashamed, as its face is entirely black. Both creatures live in cold environments, yet they will never meet, as polar bears inhabit the northern polar region and penguins the southern hemisphere.

Polar bears and penguins are as distinctly separated as the black and white stripes on a zebra, which lives in Africa and, at least in terms of its appearance, forms a kind of intersection. Climate-wise, however, the zebra thrives in stark contrast to the polar bear and penguin,...

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