LINK: This is, of course, a perfect example of how Israel is the only really civilized country in the region:
"By Sunday, Israeli flags were at half-mast. In Israel, the story of the tragedy in the skies over Texas preoccupies the mind, the airwaves, the press, and dominates conversation. As it often does at moments like this, Israel becomes one big extended family. That aspect of the Israeli character was especially evident last night, when Ilan Ramon's brother-in-law directly addressed one of the television newscasters, Yonit Levy, live on air, and, in a cracked voice, said, "Yonit, you know all the VIPs, please, call whoever you have to — the Prime Minister, the President — to get my wife and kids to Rona [Ramon]...." Within minutes, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, along with the national carrier El Al, had arranged a special flight to take the family members still in Israel to Florida."
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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