■ What would you change about Israelis if you could? I would like to see Israelis more patient, more tolerant, more able to praise one another. Less blunt and “prickly.”■ iPad, BlackBerry or pen and paper? Pen and paper – they don’t need batteries or instructions.■ If you had to write an advertisement to entice tourists to come to Israel, what would it say? “Six thousand years on and it is still happening! Come and see the impossible become possible in our beautiful wonder – Israel.”■ What is the most serious problem facing the country? Security, defense and public unrest. The public has taken to the streets to express its discontent with the current socioeconomic situation and the growing gaps that see the rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer and the middle class weakening. This is a potentially inflammatory situation that has to be defused to prevent escalation.■ How can it be solved? I realize there are no overnight solutions but the government has to listen to the public, demonstrate responsibility to change national priorities and to focus on more equality in education, health, welfare, housing and equal opportunity for all.■ In 20 years the country will be:A global leader in education, hi-tech, advanced technologies, medicine, science, physics, etc., will have more social equality and will be at peace with its neighbors.
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■ What would you change about Israelis if you could? I would like to see Israelis more patient, more tolerant, more able to praise one another. Less blunt and “prickly.”■ iPad, BlackBerry or pen and paper? Pen and paper – they don’t need batteries or instructions.■ If you had to write an advertisement to entice tourists to come to Israel, what would it say? “Six thousand years on and it is still happening! Come and see the impossible become possible in our beautiful wonder – Israel.”■ What is the most serious problem facing the country? Security, defense and public unrest. The public has taken to the streets to express its discontent with the current socioeconomic situation and the growing gaps that see the rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer and the middle class weakening. This is a potentially inflammatory situation that has to be defused to prevent escalation.■ How can it be solved? I realize there are no overnight solutions but the government has to listen to the public, demonstrate responsibility to change national priorities and to focus on more equality in education, health, welfare, housing and equal opportunity for all.■ In 20 years the country will be:A global leader in education, hi-tech, advanced technologies, medicine, science, physics, etc., will have more social equality and will be at peace with its neighbors.