It's now been nearly two weeks since we've been hit with the biggest winter storm in decades. Despite no significant snowfall occurring in the Gush Dan region, the Tel Aviv - Ben Gurion Airport train line is still not yet functioning. A total distance of no more than 20 km. The city of Tzfat in the Upper Galilee is still paralyzed and encountering great difficulty digging themselves out of the snow and bringing in supplies. Jerusalem is still a mess. I know this was a big storm for Israel, and that things are always relative, but let's not get carried away. At the very most, a few feet of accumulated snow was recorded. It should not be taking longer than two weeks in order to get things running properly again.
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I'm not sure how you can possibly spin this as anything resembling a successful recovery effort. If you believe the government and what you're told, Israel responded better to this storm better than countries who deal with this sort of thing all the time each winter. Quite simply, that's bullshit of the highest order. If we're going to be holding ourselves to the same standards of Western nations, as Bibi Netanyahu insists, I think that means doing a bit better than we are.
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