No Surpirse

I watched an Interview of an American Couple who were in Israel when the War with Iran started and had to flee.

I then watched an Interview of an American Couple who were in the United Arab Emirates when the War with Iran started and had to flee.

Is it wrong that I felt badly for the Couple in the UAE and not so bad for the Couple in Israel?

Israel has been bombed and attacked since October 7, 2023 so going into Israel in February 2026 and then being "surprised' when there are Air Raids and Bombs falling seems strange to Me.

The United Arab Emirates, on the other hand, has not been bombed or attacked in Decades so People living or visiting there in February 2026 should be surprised there are Air Raids and Bombs falling.

I went to Israel in October 2017 and to the United Arab Emirates in August 2007.

Before I went to Israel I carefully researched and planned everything for my Sister and I on how to stay safe in case a War started while we were over there.

I looked up all the different Public Air Raid Shelters in all the Cities we would be visiting in Israel and the West Bank.

I learned how to say "Where is the Air Raid Shelter" and "Where is the closest Hospital" in both Hebrew and Arabic (I already knew it in Russian - which is the most widely spoken Language in Israel after Hebrew.)

There was no War when we entered Israel (I would have cancelled the trip if there was) but a War did start 3 months after we left in December 2017.

Before I went to the United Arab Emirates I didn't do any extra safety planning.

People who go to Current Warzones or Dangerous Hot Spots (in Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Ukraine, Russia, Sudan, Myanmar, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Norther Ireland, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Nigeria, South Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Ecuador, Cambodia, Thailand, Venezuela Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Oman) should not then be surprised if they are arrested, kidnapped, bombed at, forced to flee, etc.

I'm now only talking about the People who travel to the above mentioned places since the Violence and Wars have started - not the People who live in those Places and have nowhere else to go or People who were there before the Violence and Wars started and were understandably surprised and caught off-guard when the Violence and/or War started there.