Israeli Independence Day is a good time to think about what makes the Jewish state so successful. Going from a glorified refugee camp to a global power in the span of one human lifetime is enough of a triumph that surely it contains lessons for other aspiring nations out there. But not everybody’s so impressed. Amos Hochstein, the Jerusalem-born lobbyist-turned-envoy for Democratic administrations, doesn’t think much of his place of birth. Hochstein’s answer to what makes Israel successful