Fragile: Etgar Keret on Israel and Atomic Threat

I hate to admit it, but I've said the same thing for many years now: that eventually an atomic bomb will be used on Israel.*

Interesting that he mentions the threat from the right-wing and theocracy.

I'm sure it was some crazy right-winger in the Knesset who tried to brand him an "anti-Semite."

Realists are hated in any country where religion has power.

Hearing this, I repeat what I said some time back.

Dear Israel, I wish y'all would come live in New Jersey.

The goal of everybody in New Jersey under the age of 21 is to leave it as soon as possible, and it's actually a quite beautiful state!

When we travel through the small towns on the way to the shore (Strathmere is my favorite beach by far) we always see countless empty storefronts and abandoned businesses of all types.

Israel, please consider abandoning the Levant and coming to New Jersey.

Then I can make Jewish friends I can visit, who can teach me Hebrew and how to make rugala and all that good stuff.



I'll have to add this to my Netflix queue...




*I think the most likely settings for atomic or nuclear terrorist or war-related attacks would be Israel (but not Jerusalem itself for obvious reasons), New York City, Karachi, New Delhi or an Indian city of similar size, Seoul, Pyongyang, or Moscow. Possibly London, but that's not as likely a target anymore. Africa has a lot of political conflicts that could escalate to atomic or nuclear status in the latter 21st century as the relevant technology and information become more prevalent and accessible.

But that's just going by the current political climate.

Maybe we'll get lucky and it will never happen.