Comments on: A bloody summer in Israel – who’s to blame? http://israelity.com/2009/08/19/a-bloody-summer-in-israel-whos-to-blame/ Life beyond the conflict Sun, 20 May 2012 18:10:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jill Shames http://israelity.com/2009/08/19/a-bloody-summer-in-israel-whos-to-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-293675 Jill Shames Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:58:54 +0000 http://israelity.com/?p=12409#comment-293675 So true. Rather than always trying to figure out 'who's to blame', people in our society need to learn how to stand up and take responsibility for our future. Yes, our education system has serious problems, but, again, let's not get tempted into pointless finger pointing. Blaming is a great way to abdicate responsibility. Significant and enduring change comes from the grassroots up as well as from the top down . We need, more and more of us, to go to bed each night asking ourselves: "What did I do today to make Israel a kinder, gentler and STRONGER society?" So true. Rather than always trying to figure out ‘who’s to blame’, people in our society need to learn how to stand up and take responsibility for our future.

Yes, our education system has serious problems, but, again, let’s not get tempted into pointless finger pointing. Blaming is a great way to abdicate responsibility. Significant and enduring change comes from the grassroots up as well as from the top down .

We need, more and more of us, to go to bed each night asking ourselves: “What did I do today to make Israel a kinder, gentler and STRONGER society?”

]]> By: Rebecca http://israelity.com/2009/08/19/a-bloody-summer-in-israel-whos-to-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-293636 Rebecca Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:38:06 +0000 http://israelity.com/?p=12409#comment-293636 To put things in some perspective, the murder rate in Israel is about half of what it is in New York City (which has a population of about 8 million). From the AP on April 25, 2009: The city's crime rate for the first three months of 2009 was the lowest in more than 40 years, defying fears that the sinking economy might send the city back into the bad old days of rampant murders and rough streets. Through the end of last month, overall crime dropped 13.5% from a year ago - down in every major category, including homicides, with 89, according to daily crime statistics from police. Last year, there were 116 homicides during the same period. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/04/25/2009-04-25_city_crime_still_falling.html#ixzz0OehXp8LJ To put things in some perspective, the murder rate in Israel is about half of what it is in New York City (which has a population of about 8 million). From the AP on April 25, 2009:

The city’s crime rate for the first three months of 2009 was the lowest in more than 40 years, defying fears that the sinking economy might send the city back into the bad old days of rampant murders and rough streets.

Through the end of last month, overall crime dropped 13.5% from a year ago – down in every major category, including homicides, with 89, according to daily crime statistics from police. Last year, there were 116 homicides during the same period.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/04/25/2009-04-25_city_crime_still_falling.html#ixzz0OehXp8LJ

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