Bar Rafaeli is getting married & Israel does not care, except it does & other Israeli things

Things you might not know or expect about Israel that I've learned from my first month in the country:

1) Israelis hate broccoli with a vengeance. This is because in American movies broccoli was said to be disgusting, so as a nation everyone stopped eating it and now you can't even find it in grocery stores. They also think zucchini is weird. 

2) To avoid the cost of traffic lights, roads have traffic circles. They're everywhere and really annoying. And even though they're everywhere, cars still randomly stop or slow down in the middle of them. 

3) Ketchup is a way of life. Especially in the north of Israel ketchup goes on everything. Especially pizza. 

4) "Waterslide" is actually a giant pipe you can float the current through. 

5) Lines or queues are an inconvenience. Israelis do not accept the concept of forming lines. They just walk to the front, or right up to the cash register. 

6) Bar Rafaeli, the Israeli supermodel got married last weekend. Everyone had thoughts and opinions on the guy she was marrying and seemed to feel that in the looks department, she could do better, but hey, he's a millionaire, so we get it. Bar Rafaeli apparently has the sway to control the airspace in Israel. She requested Israel's Civil Aviation Authority close the airspace above the wedding so no paparazzi could take photos. Much to the disdain of the Minister of Transportation, I think they did it. 

7) Cats are not pets, they are a menace. Especially in Beit She'an, where there more cats than anywhere else I've traveled and they're all emancipated. They don't have a long life span; we see many dead on the side of the road. 

8) Asking for someone to pass you a dish or saying "please" and "thank you" when you want something is not common place. At the dinner table you really just reach and grab whatever you can get your hands on. 

9) HaShahar is a chocolate spread that most Israelis believe is better than Nutella. I don't think it is. 

10) Schitzel is actually enjoyed here. I don't know how it's possible since I feel that it's a sad fate for food products to become, but they freely make it and even serve it at restaurants and many willingly chose to eat it. 

11) Israeli drivers. Oh my. Well, you feel really alive as you tailgate to the point of almost being in another persons car as you wait for the chance to pass and go 140km/hr over local roads.