I was at the supermarket today, and I saw a line for the meat Deli counter, so I asked:

"Who is last in line?" The guy turns around and said to me:

"You AFTER ME"

I guess he couldn’t handle the fact that he would be last, and because every body in Israel is boss and has to feel like he's in control, he had to put me behind him so he won't feel like he's last in any thing.

This is the characteristic that is so Israeli, and something you find in Israel only.

Here's another example:

As a coach, who lectures all over Israel, I was in Kfar Blum giving basketball educational sessions to the youngsters in that kibbutz.

At lunch time I sat with an older guy who told me that a 4 way street intersection with out lights and with out a circle would never exists more than 5 minutes before you would have a serious traffic Jam in Israel.

He boasted of how in California there is such order that all cars comply with the rules and how courteous every body is to each other on a daily basis.

And He said:

"When some one pulls to the junction before me, I WILL LET HIM GO.

And When I pull first to the junction, THEY WILL WAIT FOR ME.

Here we see a situation of a guy who can't let any body and anything control him.

He is either the boss and he will give the other person permission to go

Or he will make the other person and the entire world wait for him.

by the way, this person lives in the Kibbuts and hardly sees a stop light on a regular basis…….. and yes he's a driving instructor…..

I don’t like that attitude much. And it's hard for me with my American upbringing and manners to live with it every day here in Israel. BUT…….

This is the attitude that has helped Israel in all of it's wars, and battles for survivor.

The Environment has created all of this for us as Israelis.

That is why we don’t see any body even if he is one meter away!!!

Let's take this Israeli Attitude to the Basketball court and know that with that attitude in sports you can accomplish championships.

Let our Israelis PLAY, and RULE. Let the Israeli's control this maccabi Tel-Aviv Israeli team and rule with that attitude!!

Green ,Kaspi, haggag, Burstein and Eliyahoo are Israeli's that can play on other teams in the world on the highest level, and they showed it last night in Avalino.

They also play together, and enjoy playing together.

The foreigners are the force to take the team to the next level, and are more than important. However, only the Israeli's will have the identification with the team. So it's time they lead maccabi electra Tel-Aviv to the promise land.