ISRAEL FROM THE INSIDE
A brief story of a fender-bender
Daniel Gordis
January 19, 2024

This tweet is making its way around Israeli social media. It’s a sweet story, but the truth is, we see and hear things like this all the time. This moved me to tears. A story of the people of Israel. ..Zvika Gringlik hit a car. He exchanged details with the owner of the car and he said to the owner of the car: “No problem, I’m to blame, I wasn’t okay and we’ll fix what you need in the car.” They arranged to meet together at the garage on Wednesday. On Wednesday she arrives at the garage and Zvika Greenlick does not come. She tries to call him and he does not answer his phone. He disappears, as if the earth swallowed him. Thursday the woman sends him a message: “I’m really disappointed, your behavior is not nice, we arranged for Wednesday and you didn’t come.” He sees the message and immediately sends her a message back: “I’m very sorry, on Tuesday my son Shaul was killed in Gaza, so I couldn’t come.” READ MORE