Israel has been at war on and off since before its founding in 1948. I won’t attempt to explain the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict here. It’s a long, complicated story. But I can say that in the current war, Israelis have surprisingly positive attitudes. Nothing shows that more clearly than the faces of people in bomb shelters during air raid sirens. Since we arrived in the country, we’ve had two rounds of missile and rocket attacks. The first was from the Houthis in Yemen who claimed to be supporting Gaza. This time it’s the Iranians, along with Hezbollah in Lebanon and most recently, more Houthi attacks. We have a safe room in our apartment, but when we’re out and about, we join our fellow citizens in the public shelters.