This definitely also does happen in Eretz Yisroel – I have first hand experience. I broke my ankle about 8 months ago (BH it’s all good now), and for part of the recovery period I had a “moon boot” – a plastic strap-on cast instead of plaster which I was allowed to walk on. I was hobbling down the street to catch a bus by a very busy neighborhood in Yerushalayim, and every single child – probably many adults too – was staring at my leg as if I’d fallen out of the sky from a different planet
The truth is I’ve seen Israeli kids staring at anything – a bulldozer for example – for hours at a time. I don’t get it…..just one of my questions regarding this interesting country.