Israel’s Economy Weathers the Storm

In our June essay on the enormous sacrifices made by the Israeli reservists serving in the IDF, Daniel Polisar stresses that the greatest ones (for those who haven’t given lives and limbs) are familial and personal: parents missing out on their children’s formative years; wives, and some husbands, forced to raise families on their own; children living in fear of their fathers’ deaths. But they have also been economic, as reservists have had to shutter businesses, miss out on lucrative deals, and lose out on job opportunities. These are hardships for individuals that also take a toll on the Israeli economy as a whole.