A coping mechanism against evil

Alongside its volunteer army, Israel has become an army of volunteers

Sandwich production line at a volunteer war kitchen, Israel

This is an expanded version of my column today in The Times of London (£).

Sunday morning saw me volunteering at an Israeli army base to help make thousands of sandwiches for the country's troops, now fighting in the war that's been raging since the Hamas pogrom.

These troops aren’t a professional…