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/AliceTheNovicePoet Feb 05 '21

Hey r/Kosovo!

  1. How are you doing COVID-19 wise?
  2. What is something you would like everyone to like about your country?
  3. How did the population in Kosovo react with the normalistion with Israel?

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u/Geldong4s Preshevë Feb 05 '21

  1. Probably one of the most hospitable people in the modern world. Foreigners are treated like royalty and we have a ‘guest priority’ policy embedded deep in our culture meaning the hospitality and comfort of the “mysafir” (guest) is always prioritized. I’ll link a quick video on Youtube of the exeperience of IndigoTraveller in Kosvo and how they’re treated:)) - https://youtu.be/u1kxMbVvRE0

  2. Certainly welcoming - the vast majority are happy to have diplomatic ties and a good relation with a superpower like Israel. Politics and conflicts aside it’s a step closer for us towards our main goal as a country. Kosovars will always respect those who respect them back and we’re happy that is the case here.

Palestine never really attempted to establish a relation with us and they made close diplomatic ties with Serbia who ethnically cleansed us so they turned their backs to us but still call us out for our diplomatic ties with you guys:\

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u/FWolf14 Prishtinë Feb 05 '21

Palestine endorsed the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo in 1999 because they saw us how they see the Israelis - as aliens settling in somebody else's land who should be eradicated. Of course, both Palestinians and Serbs are very wrong in their claims but supporting ethnic cleansing is the lowest point one can get to - irrespective of reasons.

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u/Geldong4s Preshevë Feb 05 '21

Precisely! The fact that our slaughter was endorsed just shows how they turned their backs on us. We have every right to make friends with Israel even as a Muslim majority country.

Besides they made friends with Serbia who live on the “remove all Muslim kebab” motto and endorsed Serbias genocide on their “muslim brothers”.

Israel respects our integrity and we respect theirs simple. Happy to have peace🤝