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I can imagine that part of his team's excellence and efficiency is due to not focusing on differences not directly relevant to technical problems: Although Isr

I can imagine that part of his team's excellence and efficiency is due to not focusing on differences not directly relevant to technical problems: Although Israel grapples with Jewish-Arab tensions all the time, none of it mattered in Srouji’s world. Cohn, who remains friends with him, says their different backgrounds never came up. “Technical people treat technical people based on personality and technical ability,” he says. “You don’t think about it. You just work together. The rest goes away.”

golergka 11y ago
That's more or less the norm for secular israelis, regardless of ethnicity.
- Cyph0n 11y ago
  I'm sure they treat their fellow Palestinian Muslims well.
  - golergka 11y ago
    Far better than almost any other nations in a state of war, actually. Civilian to combatant death ratio was about 1:1 in the latest 2014 war, 4 times better than the usual modern wars involving first-world nations.
    - Cyph0n 11y ago
      What a war it was indeed. Aerial bombardment of a walled city. A rocket launched from Gaza injures a few people in Israel; a bomb (no need to mention phosphorous wink wink) dropped from a state-of-the-art fighter jet destroys an entire city block. And when Israel finally decided that it was time for the "mighty" IDF ground forces to enter the stage... nothing really happened. The rockets just continued to be launched from Gaza for a whole month. It was a really amusing "war" to watch in my opinion :D
      - golergka 11y ago
        Well, if you have an opinion on what IDF could do differently to lower the amount of civilian casualties, I'm all ears.
        Cyph0n 11y ago
        I'm no military expert, so I don't have one. Scratch that, I do. Allow aid to reach the million or so civilians in Gaza instead of choking it from all sides. What I do know is that Israel was forced to agree on a ceasefire with a a bunch of "terrorists". Quite hilarious.
        golergka 11y ago
        Aid is reaching them everyday, both from Israel and Egypt checkpoints. They're also trading with both countries quite a lot. You don't think that this "siege" word actually means a blockade, do you? The only thing that is required to be smuggled are rockets.
        Cyph0n 11y ago
        Really now. Please don't speak about issues you have no clue about. According to the Jerusalem Post, "Egyptian authorities have kept the border crossing almost totally closed" since mid-2013 [1]. Now, if Egypt's crossing is closed, do you think Israel would keep theirs open? Hmm. Read [2] for more juicy details. Conclusion: Gaza is completely isolated from the outside world. 1 million+ citizens in a confined space. Long live Israel. [1]: http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Rafah-crossing-between-Egypt-and-Gaza-closed-again-445073 http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Rafah-crossing-between-Eg... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_barrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_barrier
        golergka 11y ago
        Here's the data, please: http://gisha.org/graph/2387 http://gisha.org/graph/2387 "Completely isolated from the outside world"? Not even close. 3000 truckloads a week. And growing. > Now, if Egypt's crossing is closed, do you think Israel would keep theirs open? Hmm. You seem to imply something here; as if Egypt-Gaza relations should be expected to better than Israel-Gaza. Why? > 1 million+ citizens in a confined space. Yeah, this is called a "country". Exactly what Hamas is, if you believe it, wants. And this "barrier" would be called a "border" then. You know, like countries have.

golergka 11y ago

That's more or less the norm for secular israelis, regardless of ethnicity.

Cyph0n 11y ago
I'm sure they treat their fellow Palestinian Muslims well.
- golergka 11y ago
  Far better than almost any other nations in a state of war, actually. Civilian to combatant death ratio was about 1:1 in the latest 2014 war, 4 times better than the usual modern wars involving first-world nations.
  - Cyph0n 11y ago
    What a war it was indeed. Aerial bombardment of a walled city. A rocket launched from Gaza injures a few people in Israel; a bomb (no need to mention phosphorous wink wink) dropped from a state-of-the-art fighter jet destroys an entire city block. And when Israel finally decided that it was time for the "mighty" IDF ground forces to enter the stage... nothing really happened. The rockets just continued to be launched from Gaza for a whole month. It was a really amusing "war" to watch in my opinion :D
    - golergka 11y ago
      Well, if you have an opinion on what IDF could do differently to lower the amount of civilian casualties, I'm all ears.
      - Cyph0n 11y ago
        I'm no military expert, so I don't have one. Scratch that, I do. Allow aid to reach the million or so civilians in Gaza instead of choking it from all sides. What I do know is that Israel was forced to agree on a ceasefire with a a bunch of "terrorists". Quite hilarious.
        golergka 11y ago
        Aid is reaching them everyday, both from Israel and Egypt checkpoints. They're also trading with both countries quite a lot. You don't think that this "siege" word actually means a blockade, do you? The only thing that is required to be smuggled are rockets.
        Cyph0n 11y ago
        Really now. Please don't speak about issues you have no clue about. According to the Jerusalem Post, "Egyptian authorities have kept the border crossing almost totally closed" since mid-2013 [1]. Now, if Egypt's crossing is closed, do you think Israel would keep theirs open? Hmm. Read [2] for more juicy details. Conclusion: Gaza is completely isolated from the outside world. 1 million+ citizens in a confined space. Long live Israel. [1]: http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Rafah-crossing-between-Egypt-and-Gaza-closed-again-445073 http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Rafah-crossing-between-Eg... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_barrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_barrier
        golergka 11y ago
        Here's the data, please: http://gisha.org/graph/2387 http://gisha.org/graph/2387 "Completely isolated from the outside world"? Not even close. 3000 truckloads a week. And growing. > Now, if Egypt's crossing is closed, do you think Israel would keep theirs open? Hmm. You seem to imply something here; as if Egypt-Gaza relations should be expected to better than Israel-Gaza. Why? > 1 million+ citizens in a confined space. Yeah, this is called a "country". Exactly what Hamas is, if you believe it, wants. And this "barrier" would be called a "border" then. You know, like countries have.