Superpowers? We’ve got them. The ability to survive? Abundant. Bizarre costumes? Every Friday morning in central Tel Aviv.
And who needs Marvel when you’ve got that uncle from your neighborhood insisting on fixing the air conditioner wearing flip-flops?

Where Hollywood ends — reality begins

In most places, superheroes are imaginary constructs.
In Israel — they’re simply everyday residents.

Abroad you might need a radioactive spider bite, an alien birth, or exposure to some lab experiment to become a hero.
In Israel, just waiting in line at the post office, surviving Passover with family, or emerging intact from a political argument with a relative — congratulations, you’re already certified hero material.

Everyday heroes — who we begin the morning with

• Captain Parking — able to park a Jeep in the size of a clementine, never confused even if the whole neighborhood watches and signals with their hands.
• Wonder-Shifra — juggles school drop-offs, work, pick-ups, frying schnitzel, complaining about the cost of living, and reading two articles in Haaretz — all without blinking.
• “Don’t come back to me without a receipt” — a Jerusalemite hero whose mission is to return anything purchased, whether used, worn, or consumed.
• Falafel-Tactic — a local superhero specializing in getting “a little extra tahini on the side” without paying. Requires concentration, haggling skills, a slight smile, and pointing in the “wrong” direction.

Powers we don’t even know we have

1. The ability to survive any government
   In other countries, a government’s fall risks constitutional crises. Here? Five elections. Meanwhile, we’ll just head out for breakfast.
2. Selective complaining
   A true Israeli knows how to protest everything — and then forget about it the next minute. One moment you’re enraged about housing prices. The next, you’re planning a European vacation and posting about it.
3. Mind reading ability
   You hop in a cab and say “hello,” and the driver already knows: East Tel Aviv, center-left, prefers spicy falafel, supports public transport — but still won’t give up the car.
4. Culinary survival skills
   No milk? Use soy. No soy? Drink hot water with cardamom. No water? Pour in some arak and call it a “Middle Eastern infusion.”

Real field heroes — the hidden units of the nation

• The 100-Meter Unit — Tel Aviv residents who can spot a new café within 24 hours of its opening, assess its vibe, analyze the barista, and either praise or trash it in real time.
• WhatsApp Recon — a corps of mothers running a real command center. They know who’s sick, who just left a class, who forgot their sweater, and who destroyed the gym wall.
• The National Humor Reserve — anyone who can turn disaster into a joke, a joke into a bad joke, and a bad joke into a viral Twitter post.

Costumes — not just for Purim

In Marvel, every superhero wears a costume. In Israel — everyone wears a double identity:

• The Disillusioned Techie — one day on Zoom, the next at a bar on Ibn Gabirol, volunteering to rescue cats on weekends.
• The Ultra-Orthodox Techie-Leftist Biker — don’t try to figure it out. He studies Talmud, builds an ecological app, and protests in the same week.
• The Retiree-Volunteer-Excavator — he tills the kibbutz in the morning, shares stories at lunch, and at night? He’s writing Facebook posts about how his generation actually knew how to work.

The War of Words — the hottest battlefield

No need for punches. In Israel, the ultimate superpower is words.

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The political debate? A battlefield.
The Facebook feed? A war zone for heroes.
The building WhatsApp group? Chaos with mailing addresses.

Everyone here is a commentator, a strategist, a medical expert — and a film critic all in one.
The real combat? The comment section.

Marvel? Out. Israel? Still in.

Yes — we’re superheroes.
Not because we wear capes (though some do, especially at bar mitzvahs).
Not because we fly (though some traffic controllers might catch us at high speed).
And not because we’re invincible (though a few of us do look like life’s bosses).

We are superheroes because we survive everything:
conflicts, missiles, elections, heat waves, traffic, fines, reality show failures — even the line for falafel in Levinsky Market.

And more: we don’t just survive. We laugh through it all.
Maybe that’s our true superpower — the ability to laugh into chaos, reinvent ourselves again and again, always with coffee in one hand and a sense of mission.

👀 לגלות עוד מהאתר אינטליגנטי is סקסי
הירשמו כדי לקבל את הפוסטים האחרונים אל המייל שלכם

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מייל*

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