Today Israel is a Normal Country
How nice it was to wake up this morning and see that the top headline on Ynet was that Snow was coming, the top story on the radio was that snow was coming and the top story in the leading free daily was - you guessed it - snow is coming! Growing up in New York, traffic and weather on the 1s or 8s were the must listen items on radio.
Here in Israel, the top headline is usually some mixture of military news, politics or corruption (or most likely a mixture of all). Well, for all of you pining for a return to Israel's normal fare, fret not, salvation is on the way. In the heart of the snowstorm expected in Jerusalem tomorrow, the Winograd Commission will issue its report on the Army and Government's handling of the second Lebanon war. The glaring lights of the media will melt the snow as Prime Minister Olmert will mount his defense and sharpen his political survival instincts. The Army Reservists and others disillusioned by the government will aim their verbal guns at the media, Defense Minister Barak and some weak links in the Kadima party, hoping they will all help topple the government.
And, once again, despite the allure of a beautifully snow covered Jerusalem, true Israeli normalcy will again be upon us.
posted by Michael Eisenberg at 9:26 AM
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If living in Israel - warts and all - is normal, that suits me fine!
Just yesterday, two friends of mine said the following:
"I've recently returned from Australia. I could live there, the people are so friendly."
"I've been in France for a week. The people are so polite, not like Israelis."
When you consider that in both Australia and France incidents of anti-semitism are still on the rise, we need to look a little more prudently at many things.
For example, comes the day when we can't see the wood for the trees, history will surely be repeated.
Our kind of normalcy is far preferable to such an alternative.
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