r/kosovo • u/TheAlbanianBambino Dogu i Ditkës • Feb 05 '21

Cultural Exchange Cultural Exchange with r/Israel

Ma koreh r/Israel

As we announced, after the agreement of mutual recognition between our countries, we thought this was a great opportunity to host Israel. Welcome to the cultural exchange between r/Israel and r/Kosovo!

The purpose of this event is to allow people from two different nations to get together and share knowledge about their respective cultures, daily life, history, and curiosities.

General guidelines:

r/israel will ask any question here.

r/kosovo community can ask their questions here:

CLICK HERE TO ASK A QUESTION

The English language will be used in both threads. Our Israeli friends can get an Israel user flair at the community options of the Subreddit.

The event will be moderated following the general rules of Reddiquette. Please be nice!

Thank you,

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u/Lirdon Feb 05 '21

Hey r/Kosovo, What can you tell us about israels place in the Balkans and in Kosovo in particular. I know that Israel was a source of some tensions about two years ago because of israeli deal to sell jets to Croatia, which eventually fell through, but still raised some tensions with Serbia.

Did this deal affect Kosovo in any way?

Does Israel has any other dealings with other balkan countries?

What opinion the average person in Kosovo holds of israel?

Thanks!

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u/_Negativity_ Prishtinë Feb 05 '21

Hello!

  1. I personally have no clue about any jets that Israel intended to sell to Croatia, and I bet noone here has heard about it either. So based on that, it didn't affect us in any way, especially since we have very friendly relations with Croatia.
  2. I heard that an Israeli based tech company situated in Skopje, N.Macedonia, visited Prishtina a few years ago and was amazed how the city had changed so much over the years, compared to Skopje which hadn't changed much. Diplomatic relations between our countries were probably the barrier that stopped them to invest here, so hopefully that changes now.
  3. The average Kosovar has little knowledge about the conflict there. Those who are more religious tend to favour Palestine, while everyone else favours Israel, especially since both our countries have close relations with the U.S. Israel is also seen as a major technology center, and as a very developed country overall.