(New York Times) - Dexter Filkins For an hour today in Sarah Efrati's fourth-grade class, math, science, and Hebrew stood aside for lessons about poison gas. "To be a child in Israel you lose something," said Bilha Noy, director of psychological and counseling services for the Education Ministry. "You are not so innocent. As a child you know there are bad people in the world and that you cannot afford to be so optimistic. So you've got to be ready." Every Israeli is issued a gas mask.
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