In Videos: Jerusalem Street Foods
Though Israelis and Palestinians have trouble seeing eye to eye, they do stuff similar street foods in their mouths. Olives, falafel, flatbreads, nuts, and hummus crowd the streets of Jerusalem, but what do these foods say about the war-torn metropolis? In this engaging (and twelve-minute long) special from Al Jazeera, we visit places like the hummus joint "From Gaza to Berlin," where the name comes from the physical location (Berlin Street) and the built-in regional metaphor. Like Israel, the food here is somewhere between East and West.
"There is no Israeli food. All our food is from neighbors and Jewish immigration that came to Israel," says one local.
What Street Food in Jerusalem Symbolizes
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6 Comments:
I was in Israel twice and absolutely LOVED their food. I thought it was hillarious when some of the people who were traveling with me wanted to go to Burger King instead: lame!
orchidgirl at 3:24PM on 08/13/08
This is great--thanks for posting!
Smoosh at 3:37PM on 08/13/08
Side note: to anyone who has visited Israel...and by the end of the trip been disgusted by the sight of hummus...be sure to see You Don't Mess With the Zohan. Classic.
Smoosh at 3:40PM on 08/13/08
It's a Zionist conspiracy!
First they steal hummus, then they steal our herbs, then they eat our produce. How dare they use condiments!
Kmelion at 1:09AM on 08/14/08
I live in Israel. Jerusalem is a "war torn metropolis?" Have you actually been here? I'd probably describe Los Angeles that way.
unbeliever at 11:58AM on 08/14/08
Well, that was certainly charged with bias and politically polarizing.
islandchild at 6:24PM on 08/14/08