Reporter: IRAN
THREATENS TO WIPE ISRAEL OFF
THE MAP.
HAMAS WANTS AN ISLAMIC
STATE, INSTEAD OF ISRAEL.
SOME 200,000 MISSILES ARE
POINTED AT THE JEWISH
STATE.
IN ISRAEL'S NEXT WAR, TEL
AVIV IS EXPECTED TO BE
GROUND ZERO.
ARE YOU APPREHENSIVE AT
ALL ABOUT WAR?
IT DEPENDS WHAT WAR.
FOR EXAMPLE, IRAN OR
PALESTINIAN.
IT IS JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE
ARAB NATIONS ATTACKING US?
OR WHAT KIND OF WAR ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
Reporter: WELL, THAT'S
INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU'RE
ASKING ME A GOOD QUESTION,
BUT YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY
ENEMIES, RIGHT?
YES.
WE CAN SAY THAT.
Reporter: DO YOU GET
ANXIOUS ABOUT THAT?
ACTUALLY, NO.
IN ISRAEL, WE HAVE A VERY
SECURITY KIND OF FEELING IN
EVERY DAY LIFE.
Reporter: I WENT TO THE
STREETS IN ISRAEL'S SECOND
LARGEST CITY TO ASK TEL AVIV
RESIDENTS IF THEY'RE AFRAID
AND IF THEY TRUST GOD TO
PROTECT THEM.
I MEAN, IF THERE WERE ROCKET
ATTACKS OR SCUDS, YOU HAVE
NO FEAR OF THAT?
I THINK MAYBE FOR PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN TEL AVIV,
THEY'RE TRYING NOT TO DEAL
WITH THAT.
Reporter: IS IT
DENIAL?
I THINK IT IS SOMETIMES.
ILIKE THE LAST
PARTY DANCE ON THE TITANIC
BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S UP AHEAD.
YOU JUST HAVE TO SMILE AND
KEEP ON.
Reporter: SO WHEN YOU
HEAR YOUR ENEMIES ARE
SURROUNDING ISRAEL AND SAID
THEY'RE GOING TO DESTROY
ISRAEL, HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT THAT?
IT HURTS ME TO KNOW THAT
SOMEONE OUT THERE WANTS TO
KILL ME BECAUSE I THINK I'M
A GOOD PERSON.
I BELIEVE I DO A LOT OF GOOD
THINGS EVERY DAY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN
PEACE WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE
AROUND ME.
WAS BORN IN ISRAEL.
AND EVERY SEVEN YEARS IT IS
A WAR.
IT IS GOING TO BE A WAR,
IT'S GOING TO BE A WAR.
Reporter: SURPRISINGLY,
IN NOVEMBER 201 2012 TEL
AVIV RESIDENTS HEARD AIR
RAID SIRENS FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN 20 YEARS.
HAMAS ROCKETS MADE AT LEAST
ONE DIRECT HIT IN A SOUTHERN
SUBURB.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD?
YES.
Reporter: YOU DO?
SURE.
Reporter: WHAT DO YOU
BELIEVE?
AFTER 2,000 YEARS AGO, WE
COME BACK TO ISRAEL.
AND WITH THE HELP OF GOD,
WE'RE GOING TO STAY.
Reporter: IN 2006,
HEZBOLLAH LAUNCHED MORE THAN
4,000 MISSILES AT ISRAEL'S
CIVILIANS DURING THE 34-DAY
SECOND LEBANON WAR.
THAT PROMPTED MILITARY
LEADERS TO RE-THINK THEIR
STRATEGY FOR PROTECTING THE
POPULATION.
AFTER THE SECOND LEBANON
WAR, ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT CONCLUSIONS WAS TO
PREPARE THE POPULATION, AND
PREPARING THEM IS AN ONGOING
PROCESS.
Reporter: I SAT DOWN
WITH FELIX SOFAIR, THE
FORMER HEAD OF ISRAEL'S
DEFENSE.
YOU HAVE A WORD THAT YOU
USE, "RESILIENCE."
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
RESILIENCE IS THE ABILITY
OF THE POPULATION TO COPE
WITH THE DISASTER.
Reporter: DO YOU MEAN
PSYCHOLOGICAL ORIFIC OR
PHYSICALLY OR WHAT?
TO PREPARE YOURSELF.
ALL OF THIS IS PART OF THE
RESELLIANS.qvh=Dm2ni]/> RESILIENCE.
Reporter:á?
DO BELIEVE IN
GOD
TAKEu
PREPARATION SERIOUSLY.
MORE THAN HALF THE
POPULATION HAS GAS MASKS,
AND EVERY HOME BUILT AFTER
1991 MUST HAVE ITS OWN BOMB
SHELTER.
I VISITED AHOFA AND SALOMI
AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN.
THEY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND
HOW THEIR FAMILY COPES WITH
THE SITUATION.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
LIVE OUR LIFE.
WE BELIEVE IN ANY CASE AND
IN ANY PLACE AND IN ANY
SITUATION, WE WILL BE
PROTECTED BECAUSE GOD
PROMISED THAT.
Reporter: THEY SHOWED
ME THE PUBLIC SHELTER IN
THEIR BUILDING, WHERE THEY
STORE SOME SUPPLIES.
AND IN THEIR KITCHEN, THE
FAMILY GAS MASKS.
I WAS READING ONE OF THE
PROMISES FROM ONE OF YOUR
PROPHETS ISAIAH, WHO SAID
"ALL THOSE AGAINST ISRAEL
WILL BE ASHAMED AND
DISGRACED AND THAT THEY WILL
BE AS NOTHING, AND THE ENEMY
SHALL PERISH."
SO WHEN YOU READ VERSES LIKE
THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU TAKE
YOUR COMFORT IN?
GOD DOESN'T WANT THAT
ANYONE WILL DIE LIKE THIS
BECAUSE GOD LOVES EVERYONE.
AND HE DOESN'T WANT JUST TO
DESTROY THEM BECAUSE THEY
ARE BAD.
GOD WANTS THEM TO DO A
REPENTANCE.
Reporter: A VERY
PRACTICAL QUESTION IN THIS
REGARD: HOW DO YOU LOVE YOUR
ENEMY?
WE'RE PRAYING FOR THEM.
IT IS NOT EASY.
IT IS NOT EASY TO PRAY FOR
THOSE WHO MAKE YOU PAIN OR
THOSE WHO FRIGHTEN YOU, OR
ENEMIES, BUT WE'RE PRAYING
FOR THEM.
