- The OK sign is common and shares the same meaning as it does in the United States. Same goes for the "thumbs up" sign.
To point, you use your index finger. To beckon someone, you would say “come here” (bo l’poh to a boy, boi l’poh to a girl) and with your elbow down, fingers pointed up waving your fingers to your palm, moving your hand down. Shaking a hand with the thumb pressed against the other four fingers, with the palm up and the back of the hand down means “patience, give me a second!” Israelis use a lot of large gestures while speaking. The middle finger is an obscene gesture.
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