A Bad Decision?
If after 63 years of independence, the best excuse we can come up with for staying here is that our parents fought and died for this land, then, Houston, we have a big problem.
Holidays grant an opportunity to ponder “what if” questions. Independence Day this week was, for me, a time to consider the wisdom of establishing Israel where we did in proximity to hostile neighbors; in a place where water would be in such short supply; where hundreds of thousands of freeloaders would eventually refrain from working in the name of religion; with inferior public transportation infrastructure, ugly modern architecture and horrible Mediterranean pop music. Wouldn’t it have made more sense to establish Israel, instead, in a civilized location offering an efficient rail system, beautiful baroque buildings, and citizens for whom hard work is a destiny? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a country situated somewhere between Germany and Estonia?