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Opinion | Israelis love their air conditioning almost as much as they love Iron Dome

Haaretz · last updated

The Israeli media enjoys reporting on Europe’s heat wave and the Old Continent’s refusal to install A/C in every home. Behind the smirk is a disturbing truth about war, politics and technology

Europeans are finally “coming to their senses” and standing in line to buy air conditioning units in order to survive the continent’s scorching summer. That’s what Israeli media has been reporting for several weeks now, barely trying to conceal its gloating over the travails of pro-Palestinian protesters in Paris and suited critics of Israel in Berlin and Brussels. The leaders of the EU, however, are still struggling to “make the switch” to A/C, and are ridiculed by Israel’s television pundits for it.

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