(Wall Street Journal) Dov Lieber - When air-raid sirens sound, Israelis all know where to go - a system of bomb shelters dating back five decades that are built to withstand most conventional missiles. This familiarity partly explains why Israelis are not panicking as a promised attack from Iran looms. The military is telling people to go about their daily lives. After Saddam Hussein fired dozens of Scud missiles at Israeli cities in 1991, the next year Israel passed a law mandating bomb shelters in every new building. Today, 65% of Israelis have a room in their home or apartment that is a bomb shelter, or have a bomb shelter on their floor servicing several apartments, or live near a public shelter.
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