Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent: New envoy to U.S.: Soon Jews won't want to live in Israel
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Title:#8: Israeli healthcare and education
Name:Jonah
City: RaananaState: Israel
Getting something inferior "for free" through scandalously high taxes is no bargain, and nothing to brag about. (Though I`m sure it`s easy to wax poetic about Israel when you`re 12 hours away and don`t have to live through it every day.)

And by the way, even discounting the taxes Israelis pay for them, neither of them are "free." We pay fees for both.