Israel is the Only Country....

Today we want to share the observation of an  Israeli humorist, Efraim Kishon. We agree with most of his observations and could add a few of our own... but we won't. Enjoy!

Israel  is a country surrounded on all sides by enemies, but the people's  headaches are caused by the neighbors upstairs.

Israel is the  only country in the world where the coffee is already so good that  Starbucks went bankrupt trying to break into the local  market.

Israel is one of the few places in the world where the  sun sets into the Mediterranean Sea.    

Israel is the only  country in the world whose soldiers eat three sets of salads a day,  none of which contain any lettuce (which is not really a food), and  where olives ARE a food and even a main course in a meal,  rather than something one tosses into a martini.

Israel is the  only country in the world where one is unlikely to dig a cellar  without hitting ancient archaeological artifacts.

Israel is the  only country in the world where the leading academics in the country take buses.

Israel is the only country in the  world that has a National Book Week, during which almost everyone  attends a book fair and buys books.

Israel is a country where the  same drivers who cuss you and flip you the bird will immediately pull  over and offer you all forms of help if you look like you need  it.

Israel is the only country in the world with bus drivers and  taxi drivers who read Spinoza and Maimonides.

Israel is the  only country in the world where no one cares what rules say when  an important goal can be achieved by bending them.

Israel is the  only country in the world where reservists are bossed around and  commanded by officers, male and female, younger than their own  children.

Israel is the only country in the world where "small  talk" consists of loud, angry debate over politics and  religion. 
  
 Israel is the only country in the world where the ultra-Orthodox  Jews beat up the police and not the other way around. 
  
 Israel is the only country in the world where inviting someone  "out for a drink" means drinking   cola, coffee or tea. 
  
 Israel is the only country in the world where bank robbers kiss  the mezuzah  as  they leave with their loot!  
  
 Israel is one of the few countries in the world that truly likes  and admires the United States .  
  
 Israel is the  only country in the world that introduces  applications of high-tech gadgets and devices, such as printers in  banks  that  print out your statement on demand, years ahead of the United States and  decades ahead of Europe . 
  
 Israel is the only country in the world where everyone on a  flight gets to  know  one another before the plane lands. In many cases, they also get to know  the pilot and all about his health or marital problems. 
  
 Israel is the only country in the world   where  no one has a foreign accent   because everyone has a foreign accent.  
  
 Israel is the only country in the world where   people cuss using dirty words   in  Russian or Arabic because Hebrew has never developed  them. 
  
 Israel is the only country   in  the world where patients visiting physicians   end  up giving the doctor advice.  
  
 Israel is the only country in the   world  where everyone strikes up   conversations while waiting in lines.  
  
 Sunsets in Jerusalem are gorgeous every evening. 
  
 Israel is the only country  in  the world where people read English, write   Hebrew, and joke in Yiddish!!