Israel is shut down for today [live streams]
 

For the Jewish people today is Yom Kipur.
This is the day where all of israel is shut down, everything is closed, you can't drive a car (in some places people will throw stones at your car if you do) and basicly you can't do nothing, all israeli tv stations are closed, basicly the whole country is shut down.

I was living in canada for a year till half a year ago and in "Yom Kipur" i was there, and for the first time i've noticed that this is something unique only to israel, it's kind of a special day...people go by foot on the roads and it's kinda fun although sounds very stupid :)

anyway this is a link to 3cams installed on Ayalon Highways in Tel Aviv, every day of the year this road is just full of cars and jammed in the busy hours:

http://www.zvik.com/kipursky.html < works only with IE.

i guess signups from israel will go up then...

thnx for the stream... checking it out now :thumbsup

nice friendly people living down there... eh

cool cams..

but I just saw a car on the north cam.. get your stones ready ;)

For Israelis, Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) is also a reminder of the 1973 Yom Kippur War: 3,000 died in a surprise simultaneous attack by Syria and Egypt. As well as not driving, about three-quarters of Israelis will fast today.

However, it is a day to which the kids look forward. Because the roads are vehicle free, even the youngest children are allowed to ride their bicycles wherever they like :)

The stoning of vehicles is unusual and only likely to occur in religious neighborhoods. In recent years a very small number of people have taken to driving in other areas. Emergency vehicles like police cars and ambulances also move around when necessary, although only with lights: no sirens.

lots of informed individuals here I see.

i see a car!

how do you know all this?

Interesting... If I see DieselAction_Rojo posting today I'm gonna report him.

prop a good idea.. fasting and driving can't be a good combination..

I lived in Israel for 10 years...

i just saw a car drive by.

I saw a car too.. prepare the stones ppl

thats right.. you need to see the streets..

wow.. strange sight

Manieshma Hevre...

.... no Israel traffic today

That's freaky looking.... Those roads are normally always super busy....

wow thats crazy

Nothing like a bunch of religeon whipped dickheads shutting down a city for a day. Someone needs to drive through one of those stone-throwing neighborhoods shooting at anyone who throws a rock.

I agree!

nobody really shuts down a city...it's nation wide...all around israel not just in tel aviv.

and there's no law that forbids driving :)

and just think.... if Jesus is the messiah, then all of this was for nothing, and they're all going to hell anyway! :1orglaugh

ha tsom ktsat kashe, hoots mi ze - hakol tov

but jesus is jewish, so that makes him the first jew in hell :1orglaugh