Published: 13 September 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
So I asked Alias, who’s 22 and in the foreign-exchange business, to explain why a village like Tarshiha, population 6,500, has no fewer than six active bars.
“People in Tarshiha drink lots of alcohol,” he said. “A higher percentage of people drink here than in Tel Aviv. On weekends I start drinking at nine and finish at one or two in the morning. I start here, go on to the Barbar bar and sometimes finish up at Top View.”
Doesn’t that add up to a very expensive evening?
“It’s expensive, but we don’t have families, we don’t have anything. We work hard and then have a good time over the weekend.”
Only Christians?
“There are also Muslims who drink and don’t care – others abstain. All the Christians drink and everyone hangs out.”
FULL STORY A Jew, a Muslim and a Christian walk into a bar... in northern Israel's nightlife, that's no joke (Haaretz)
Photo: A bar in Ma’alot-Tarshiha in the northern Galilee (Rami Shllush)
