'I wanted to be Jewish, to be a Tel Avivian. But October 7 felt like a knife in the back'

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A Christian Arab Israeli living in Paris who doesn't see identity as the most important thing about him, and two brothers from Eilat who understand each other without words

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This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A Christian Arab Israeli living in Paris who doesn't see identity as the most important thing about him, and two brothers from Eilat who understand each other without words

Mae Palty

Photos by Tomer Appelbaum

01:04 AM • July 03 2026 IDT

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