Israel is at a moment of crisis, both within and without. A first-time visitor, however, sees signs of hope.
David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, once said:"In order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles." I didn't see any miracles during a five-day visit to the country, my first, early in July, but Israel did look like it could use some.
Neither did Tel Aviv. When I got there that afternoon, the golden sands that stretch along its Mediterranean coastline were packed with beachgoers playing volleyball. Kayakers and paddleboarders splashed in the sea. Families strolled in front of the tourist hotels that line the shore while young people zipped up and down the waterfront on rented electric scooters. Bars and restaurants did not appear to suffer for trade.
This caterpillar in a playground in Sderot doubles as a bomb shelter. The city is a frequent target of Hamas rockets.When the attack siren goes off, residents have—at best—15 seconds to take cover. Most homes have a reinforced room, often a child's bedroom, that acts as a bomb shelter. Businesses and restaurants are festooned with signs pointing to their shelters, and there are concrete shelters beside every bus stop.
For some Israelis, the biggest threat to their democracy is not the ongoing conflict with Hamas, in Gaza to the south, and Hezbollah, in Lebanon to north, but the policies of Prime Minister "My country is on fire right now," Gal Salomon, co-founder and executive chairman of healthtech company CLEW, told me. He remembered the initial uproar about the reform proposals in January."We wake up one up morning and, you know, the entire country was changed completely."Chinese help for peace a good thing: Israeli politician
Ruth Wasserman Lande, a former member of the Knesset with the centrist Blue and White Party, says there is a legitimate need for reform but has called for more frank, transparent and inclusive talks regarding them. She told me:"It would be a shame on democracy to ignore the public anger."Iran's most powerful unit yet in Syria targets U.S. and Israel, intel finds
Mourners on July 5 carry the bodies of Palestinians killed in the Israeli raid on a refugee camp in the West Bank.
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