‘Normal Life’ in Israel: 1 Year Post-Oct. 7 Terror Attacks

Over the decades, “normal life” in Israel has looked very different than normal life in most every other country in the rest of the world. That’s because Israel has been surrounded by mortal enemies who want nothing less than the nation’s destruction, because Israel’s very existence is constantly being threatened, because Israel must live in a state of perpetual vigilance. And what happens when the nation lets down its guard and its security systems fail? Oct. 7 happens. Some of the most reve