Israel’s Strength Is Its Normality

Sabine Sterk is the founder of the NGO Time To Stand Up For Israel. She identifies the strength of the people and state of Israel beyond the breaking news alerts: it is normality, the daily determination to keep on keeping on, despite whatever mayhem and murder its enemies try to inflict. More on her observations can be found here.

When people speak about Israel’s strength, they usually reach for the obvious examples: the Israel Defense Forces, Iron Dome, the Air Force, Mossad, cybersecurity, intelligence, medical innovation, and technology. Yet after years of watching Israel closely, visiting the country repeatedly, speaking with Israelis, and advocating for Israel from abroad, I have come to believe that the Jewish state possesses another strategic asset that receives far too