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Envy surrounds no country on Earth like the state of Israel, and with good reason: by objective measures, Israel is the happiest nation on Earth at the 60th anniversary of its founding. It is one of the wealthiest, freest and best-educated; and it enjoys a higher life expectancy than Germany or the Netherlands. But most remarkable is that Israelis appear to love life and hate death more than any other nation. If history is made not by rational design but by the demands of the human heart, as I argued last week , the light heart of the Israelis in face of continuous danger is a singularity worthy of a closer look.


In a world given over to morbidity, the state of Israel still teaches the world love of life, not in the trivial sense of joie de vivre, but rather as a solemn celebration of life. In another location, I argued, "It's easy for the Jews to talk about delighting in life. They are quite sure that they are eternal, while other peoples tremble at the prospect impending extinction. It is not their individual lives that the Jews find so pleasant, but rather the notion of a covenantal life that proceeds uninterrupted through the generations." Still, it is remarkable to observe by what wide a margin the Israelis win the global happiness sweepstakes. Nations go extinct, I have argued in the past, because the individuals who comprise these nations choose collectively to die out. Once freedom replaces the fixed habits of traditional society, people who do not like their own lives do not trouble to have children. Not the sword of conquerors, but the indigestible sourdough of everyday life threatens the life of the nations, now dying out at a rate without precedent in recorded history.

Israel is surrounded by neighbors willing to kill themselves in order to destroy it. "As much as you love life, we love death," Muslim clerics teach; the same formula is found in a Palestinian textbook for second graders. Apart from the fact that the Arabs are among the least free, least educated, and (apart from the oil states) poorest peoples in the world, they also are the unhappiest, even in their wealthiest kingdoms.

Sooooo in spite of the Jew bashers they thrive.

Very Nice....

One simple TRUTH blows out all Dork Front Hate.

WINNER!!!!!

I am.

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*LATEST PHOTOGRAPHS - Jewish atrocities continue unchecked in Middle East -* November 8, 2006 massacre of women and children in Gaza Strip concentration camp -* Jewish Israeli soldier keeps eye on any Palestinians still moving - Radio Islam - Ahmed R

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...the happiest children of the world.

*LATEST PHOTOGRAPHS - Jewish atrocities continue unchecked in Middle East -* November 8, 2006 massacre of women and children in Gaza Strip concentration camp -* Jewish Israeli soldier keeps eye on any Palestinians still moving - Radio Islam - Ahmed R

see latest photos= the happiest children of the world

when children are happy everyone is happy..

From a good christian ;

The Israeli Massacre of Civilians at Qana, Lebanon, July 30, 2006

Go kill yourself some Jews. You'll feel better.

Go kill yerself some Muslims. You'll feel better.

Khazars,Jews, the only thing they like to do
is killing people ..it"s their sport...

The Israeli Massacre of Civilians at Qana, Lebanon, July 30, 2006

Yes basically its two teams of five men each and basically they play a type of water Polo instead of water we use the Blood of Christian children and the head of an old Muslim lady for a ball.

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"Israel is a Paradise" : Canuck.