|
Trending Topics
|
Source: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/reserve-duty-again/
Reserve Duty, Again
(Times of Israel) Mois Navon - If your country is under attack, every able-bodied citizen should realize that his life, the lives of his loved ones, and the very life of the nation are at stake. Duty is based on responsibility. Good people do not do good because everyone else does good, but because that is what good people do. And there is no greater good than defending the nation of Israel. This, really, is the key. For 2,000 years the Jewish people lived in exile - defenseless, subject to the whims of antisemites. We were burdened with special taxes, barred from schools and institutions, banned from professions and social clubs, and confined to ghettos. A Holocaust survivor once took me aside at an Independence Day celebration, looked deep into my eyes, and said, "You have no idea what it means to live in a world without the State of Israel." Today, thanks to the existence of our own country, we not only study at the first-rate schools in the world; we establish them. We not only work in the professions of our choice; we lead them. We not only live in thriving cities; we build them. But without a strong and resilient defense force, none of this great good is possible. Without the sacrifice of our citizen-soldiers who come to the defense of our nation, there is no flourishing nation of Israel. As hard as it is - and there is no question that it is hard - it is the most important thing you can do. So yes: reserve duty, again. The writer, one of the founding engineers of Mobileye, serves as an advisor to Israel's Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology.