Wanted, the Israel I used to know!

November 23, 2005 - 11:36 AM by

I’ve often wondered what ever happened to the Israel that I used to know as a young man, back in the late ’70′s early ’80′s. The country seemed so much calmer and simpler then. People were friendlier, even to total strangers. I got a glimpse of that Israel the other day on the train from Akko to Tel Aviv (yes, it was on time!) and it made me long for just a little of what we had back then. A soldier from the Border Patrol got of the train near Netanya forgetting to take his mobile phone. After a while the phone rang. At first none of us sitting there answered, hey, we live in a country where it has been known on a few occasions to use these things to trigger off bombs! In the end, the young woman sitting next to me answered the phone and on the line was the soldier who had realized that he was missing what has become somewhat like an extra part of our bodies, his cell phone! With little hesitation the people around us started to see how they could reconnect this soldier with his phone. Where does he live? Can I get to him? Can he get to me? In the end, a lovely woman who was going shopping in Tel Aviv made arrangements to meet the soldier’s friend, a total stranger and get his cell phone back to its concerned owner. It made me feel good to know that we still cared enough about each other to do something so simple. I was warmed by the facted that while we might now be more cynical and less innocent than we once were, it’s not all gone the way of us not caring about one another.

Tags: • Category: General, Israeliness, Life 

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