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Some things that make me optimistic about Israel
by Dr Aaron Lerner
March 16, 2016

Last week I wrote “Excerpts from my worry list” and someone quipped that
they hope I would share my second list as well. And there certainly are many things to be optimistic about.
    1. The nation’s resilience and determination. Despite all the predictions,
our kids still want to serve in combat units and when there’s a war,
reservists often show up at their bases before they’re even called. The
home front, facing rocket attacks, doesn’t push for a quick ceasefire, but
rather for the job to be done.
    2. Our export based economy is shifting from markets that are influenced by
politics to countries that have no interest in connecting trade with
Arab-Israeli affairs.
    3. Our defense spending as a percentage of GNP is so low (less than 6%) that
if we had to drop all the American assistance it would only raise us back to
the burden we carried a decade ago. READ MORE