In North America, we’ve grown used to the battle being an ocean or two away. In recent history, we’ve been attacked on U.S. soil — Pearl Harbor, the Twin Towers — but the fighting was across the world.

Here, we could buy tobacco for Yoav’s cousin Itai’s army unit; someone could pick it up; and just drive it south. 20 bags of RYO tobacco, papers, and filters, because if there was ever a reason to need a cigarette.