[Narrew]

Well I think Israel has to be one of the hardest places to live. I can not imagine how people live any kind of normal life there (at least from my american point of view).

Keep a sense of humor when you come accross someone that is clueless about things you have experienced in Israel. A free country does not equal a smart population. There are many ignorant people out there, and as Fyron has pointed out, ignorant does not mean stupid, just lacks the proper information.

It is good to talk about it also, as someone else has mentioned, I too wish I had talked about things at your age.