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Actually, if you get lost and drive through an Orthodox neighborhood during the Sabbath or on a holy day like Yom Kippur the residents will throw rocks at your car. The tourist guides warn you about neighborhoods like Bnei Brak in Tel Aviv and to avoid driving through from sundown Friday to the same time Saturday night. Meanwhile, the Bedouin in Israel are citizens of Israel, many of them serve well in the IDF, and are not to be confused with urban Palestinians.

I once made the mistake of aiming my camera at something while strolling in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem on a Saturday afternoon. Then I noticed a group of little girls stop playing and start yelling at me in Hebrew. One of them, noticing I had no idea what was being said, came out with a shake of the finger (index, BTW) and "No pictures on Shabbat!" She had a look on her face that said she meant it and if she'd had a rock, and in spite of her being around twelve years old, she'd have probably put one right between my eyes.

I took no offense, it's their country and customs, but this story rings very true.