IAC Opens in Israel Amidst Violence
Jerusalem Welcomes the International Space Community Amidst Wave of Violence, SpaceRef
“The opening ceremony featured several speeches from dignitaries including the Minister of Science of Israel, Ofir Akunis and the Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat. Of note, both the mayor and Minister spoke on the recent wave of violence which later in the evening hit a little too close for comfort for the delegates as an Arab man stabbed and tried to grab the gun of an Israel Defense Force soldier just 200 meters from the International Convention Center on a bus while the welcome reception was underway. The attacker was killed in the skirmish, which also lightly injured one other person.”
The Journey to Mars Starts with the Journey to the Moon, SpaceRef
“China for its part stressed the desire to have full international cooperation with other countries. This idea, which was later brought up during the Q&A, elicited a response from NASA’s administrator Charles Bolden that NASA was “temporarily” unable to cooperate with China and that he felt they were “on the outside, looking in” as other nations, including all on the panel, were discussing cooperative projects with China.”
The danger is actually relative.
If you go to any of the larger US cities, Orlando, Florida, for example, which is rated number 99 in the list of most crime prone US cities, there are more than double the number of violent crimes there in an average week as there have been throughout Israel and Jerusalem since this latest radical Islamic uprising began about a month ago.
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If you were here you would not make this comment. It’s not the same thing. Violence is one thing, but what’s happening is random attacks across the city on an increasing basis with the perpetrators willing to die.
Indeed, Marc; I’ve traveled to the region and particularly to Israel. It’s simply impossible to understand the sensibilities of Israelis with respect to security without meeting and talking to actual Israelis and in Israel.
And as to comparing any Israeli city to Orlando- last time I checked there’s little chance of sitting on a bomb while eating pizza. Or having rockets rain overhead.
I’m not starting, I hope, a messy thread about Israel and neighbors. Just saying that ordinary people there live with a degree of danger unknown to us in America.