Fulfillment of the Dream
When the modern Jewish State was reborn on May 14, the entire Jewish world felt the impact.
Fulfilling the dream of generations before us that we would, some day, finally, live as a free nation in our land.
And yet mankind is not listening. Instead they refuse to recognize the manipulations and lies being fed to them by biased media, educators and academics, politicians and activists.
While the miracle of Israel's successes should evoke awe, they arouse ire. While Jews seek to live in peace in our homeland and around the world with our neighbors and friends of all faiths, races and creed, we are deprived of the right to coexistence because of the demonization central to the image of the Jew and Jews distorted in every way.
Instead, there are more lives stolen by hate and war. This year's number of fatalities represent a staggering percentage of the 30,140 who were remembered on Memorial Day - 766 soldiers and 834 civilians out of 25,040 soldiers and 5,100 killed in terrorist attacks in the Land of Israel since the mid-1800s. The numbers grow each year, as does our collective pain. How we channel it, mobilize from it, is dependent on carrying the vision and fulfilling the dream.
These are the words of our Hatikvah sung with fervor at the first Zionist Congress, after the liberation of the death camps, and around the world today. These are the words that continue to guide us as we battle the forces who seek to defeat our rights to Jewish nationalism and our Jewish home.
With the national days of mourning and commemoration behind us, we continue our fight for freedom and security.
We continue to stand by our soldiers, in their determination to eliminate the enemy whose evil will be eradicated.
And we continue to proclaim our declarations of Israel's Independence - today, and forever.
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THE DREAM OF A STATE WAS FULFILLED Let us remember the brave members who voted for statehood and war, rather than for the truce and subsequent postponement of the Jewish state. As a result of the courage, the dream of the State of Israel was fulfilled. |
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ISRAEL'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ERETZ-ISRAEL (the Land of Israel) was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Impelled by this historic and traditional attachment, Jews strove in every successive generation to re-establish themselves in their ancient homeland. |
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Today, I’m proud to see the Israeli flag as I travel around Israel. It’s a constant reminder that we’ve established the Jewish State, and I’m proud of how far we’ve come. |
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UNFINISHED JOURNEY: THE PATH TO JEWISH INDEPENDENCE The path to Jewish independence did not begin with the establishment of the State of Israel, it is an ancient journey that is still unfinished. And it is important to remember and teach the next generations that our independence relies not on any other body or determination in the world. It is ourself-determinationand collective will that preserves our rightful freedom from the persecution imposed by the world again and again. |
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