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Israeli Dreams
We had a fascinating Shabbat dinner this last week. By coincidence, one of our guests was one of the world’s foremost experts on Syria (he’s hard at work today!). We also had a very well-informed doctor and dentist and their four kids. When the subject of Syria came up, the oft-repeated fever dream of so many Israelis from across the political spectrum was raised. What is this dream? This highest of aspirations? No, it isn’t conquest or subjugation or destruction. The most-secretly held dream of many many Israelis is just this: A European Road Trip.
Over a decade ago, Israel was a world leader in electric cars. A company called Better Place worked with Renault (and Carlos Ghosn — boy, would I love him to be the PM of Lebanon) to roll out battery-swappable electric cars in Israel. They chose Israel because range anxiety isn’t really a thing here. 24.5% of new cars are electric because it is never cold and you never have to go far.