"enemy countries"

A friend who I'm with got here through "birth right" (the program that
pays for Jewish people to go to "Israel" for free). She came planning
to do ISM, but did birthright in order to get here for free. She got
a cell phone through a company called Israel phones while on her trip.
When we got to Hebron, her phone stopped working and she called the
company to find out why.

R (my friend): Why did my phone get shut off?
Phone Operator: I don't know. Did you make any calls to Jordan?
R: no.
Phone Operator: Egypt?
R: no.
Phone Operator: Saudi Arabia?
R: no.
Phone Operator: Well, what about Ramallah?
R: Yes, I've probably made calls to Ramallah....
Phone Operator: Oh, well then that's why.
R: What's why?
Phone Operator: Your phone got shut off because you called Ramallah.
R: Why?
Phone Operator: Because you're not allowed to call Ramallah.
R: Why?
Phone Operator: Because, you know...you cant make calls to
uhhh...enemy countries.


Wow. Well, at least the phone operator acknowledged Palestinian
Statehood, right?


That's all for now.