It is time to mark the 62nd birthday of the amazing country of Israel. I will do so as they do in Israel - by first remembering the tremendous sacrifices that were necessary to establish and maintain the State.
1. Sacrifice - Israel's most important resource is people. And many of those people have given their lives in defence of the State. In a tiny country, where military service in mandatory, the loss of people (often the young) is felt very acutely. In fact, since 1860, 22,684 soldiers and terror attack victims have been killed and scores more wounded.
I have been in Israel for Yom HaZikaron - it is a very moving and emotional time - even for visitors from the Diaspora. Here are a few pictures from my collection.
2. Accomplishments - think of what Israel has accomplished in 62 short years despite constant existential threats and imagine what it could achieve if there were a genuine peace in the region. This video is 2 years old, but you'll get the idea.
5. The Beauty of Israel - A variety of randomly selected pictures:
6. More Israeli Beauty - can't do a posting about Israeli beauty and leave out Israeli supermodels Bar Refaeli and - Esti Ginzburg - just wouldn't be right - don't worry, the pictures are tame - (and to female readers - when you do your own blog, you can find pictures of handsome Israeli men to post!)
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