Gallery: Tour the Pubs and Dance Halls of Israel's Many Bomb Shelters

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    Pub/bomb shelter, Kibbutz Kfar Aza.
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    Student rec room/bomb shelter, University of Haifa.
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    Public bomb shelter beneath apartment complex, Jerusalem.
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    Science classroom in a secondary school designed to withstand rocket attacks, Sderot.
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    Situation room of the municipal bomb shelter, Haifa.
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    Youth activity center/public bomb shelter, Kiryat Shmona.
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    Bomb shelter door at the Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem.
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    Office of the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality/public bomb shelter, Beer Sheva.
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    Conference room/bomb shelter at the Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem.
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    Public bomb shelter, Haifa.
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    Mosque/bomb shelter at Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
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    Children's bedroom inside a 'mamad' safe room, Kibbutz Kfar Aza.
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    Flamenco dance studio/public bomb shelter, Jerusalem.
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    Emergency exit inside a bomb shelter, University of Haifa.
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