“It’s like talking to Americans about personal freedom,” Haviv Rettig Gur says when he’s describing Israel’s spirit of solidarity. 

More than 90% of Israeli High Schoolers affirmatively answered this question: If the Jews of this or that region of the world were in danger, would you risk your life to fly to a far off country to save Jews you’ve never met? It doesn’t matter if you’re Left-wing, Right-wing. Secular or Religious. The notion that we do not leave our people behind is so foundational. 

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