All Eyes Are On Israel

We've always been the center of attention - now it's simply far more pronounced than before.

Half the world is against Israel.

And the other half is sitting on the fence.

There are hundreds of theories about why all this is happening.

It's about Bibi or this or that issue - and the list goes on and on.

So many posts here every day from outraged Jewish professionals, who are doing a fantastic job of keeping us all informed ....

But no one knows what to do, because no one understands what we have.

First and foremost, us Jews living in Israel, need to understand what we have that is so special.

We need to understand that we can't keep it to ourselves anymore - the world is demanding it.

So once we figure out what that special thing is ...

We'll finally have the keys for building a solid foundation here in Israel, which will also serve the rest of the world.

Do you want to understand what this is all about? It's about the true spirit of Israel.

It's about our mutual guarantee to look after one another, regardless of what we think about this or that issue. We can put all that aside and just be here for each other.

Here is a beautiful example Nisan Zeevi posted a few hours ago - how there are rockets raining down on them in the North, while in the center of Israel it's business as usual in every possible respect. After a night shift on duty they woke up to so much destruction, feeling abandoned by the rest of the country ....

Here is an excerpt from his post:

"Then at the kibbutz gate, Lior Raz, creator of Fauda, and Noam Bardin appear, a huge entrepreneur and former CEO of Waze , responsible for the biggest exit to ever come out of Israel at the time."

They said: "We couldn't sit at home while the north was burning, we saw that everything was going on as usual in the center, so we decided to go up to you in the north to strengthen you."

And another beautiful example from abroad of the great support for Israel in places you'd least expect.

Sometimes it seems like the whole world is against Israel - some people in the UK have told me they're afraid to tell people they love Israel or that they're traveling to Israel.

Nicky Blackburn was getting a haircut in the UK and was afraid to tell the hairdresser she's Israeli - then this happened when she finally did: "For the next 20 minutes or so he shared with me his fears about the pro-Palestinian marches in London, how he is now scared to go to football matches there with his grandchildren, how he feels that Britain is no longer the country that he grew up in.As I left, he held the door open for me and said: "You stay safe over there. There are more people praying for you than you realize.""

And by the way, Nicky Blackburn , is the editor of ISRAEL21c —?Good News From Israel - she's someone I've been in touch with for the past 20 years - trying to explain how bad things would get for the Jews. I guess now she can appreciate what I was trying to tell her.