(Spectator-UK) Jake Wallis Simons - If you want a healthy society, you need a spirit of unity. As we saw in London during the Blitz, if citizens feel they are part of a national family, they can maintain their morale even in the face of great adversity. While across the democratic world, societies are in a state of slow-motion collapse, one country dramatically bucks this trend. Israel has retained a powerful sense of national pride and togetherness, with a strong ethos of sacrifice for the good of the nation. Since Oct. 7, the Israeli diaspora has returned home en masse to join the war effort. The willingness to make sacrifices for the greater good of the country is instilled in Israelis from a young age, and reaches its most vivid expression in military service. It is this sense of social responsibility that enables young fathers to say goodbye to their little children and head off to war, from which they may never return. They do so to protect their families, their country and their people. The writer is editor of the Jewish Chronicle-UK.
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