Comments on: Life in Israel https://www.yourish.com/2008/12/19/5773 Cutting straight to the point Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:46:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Houston https://www.yourish.com/2008/12/19/5773/comment-page-1#comment-34752 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:46:05 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5773#comment-34752 It is interesting to see what goes on in Israel, especially when here in the US if someone disagrees with you they are being “Suppressed.” Most people can’t even imagine going through the daily actions Israelis have to go through for their own security.

Could you imagine Americans (living in America of course) EVER being so vigilant? Most people won’t even hang up their cellphone long enough to see where they are driving, much less keep an eye out for suspicious people in malls and such.

I think the most terrifying article I ever read (and it might have been here or at Boker Tov) was an Israeli mom who was carpooling a group of neighborhood kids to school. During the trip the sirens went off indicating an incoming rocket attack and due to the timeframe she would only have time to get one kid out, the others would have to remain in the van.

Which kid would you choose? Which kid would I choose? How would we explain to the other families why we didn’t choose their kid?

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