Israel Threatens to Hit Damascus-Next step of A Clean Break?:

"Matt Giwer" wrote in message
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And Israel standard of living compares favorably with the lowest countries
in Europe so they took a major decrease in quality of life in addition to
choosing the live in constant danger.


I'm not sure what you mean by any of this. Israel's per capital GDP is
roughly equal to Spain's and twice that of Poland, for example. Many
Israelis are from Russia, which has well under half the per capita GDP of
Israel. Finally, about 20% (and rising) of the current population of Israel
was born there, so they aren't making any choice at all. Additionally, the
life expectancy in Israel compares quite favorably with other developed
nations, so apparently the danger isn't that bad. Anyway, the attraction of
Israel to Jews goes well beyond favorable economics and high life
expectancy, though that is often a bonus.

Jarg