Last month, Israel marked its 75th birthday. In the aftermath of eight wars, two intifadas and countless terror attacks, its population swells toward 10 million. Per-capita gross domestic product tops $55,400. Silicon Wadi, Israel’s hi-tech base, drives the economy. But wealth has not birthed national contentment. Decades-old grudges have morphed into pitched political warfare. The social fabric frays.
This year, independence day was acrid. Even cemeteries were not off-limits. A day earlier, Isabel Kershner reported in the New York Times, “commotion broke out as Itamar Ben-Gvir, the ultranationalist minister of national security, began speaking on behalf of the government.
