Yom Ha'atzmaut Project

Part of The Yom Haatzmaut Project

The four accomplishments that make me most proud of the State of Israel are:
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4)After the end of the War of Independence, Yitzchak Rabin, and oher members of the Palmach, a section of the Israeli militia group called the Hagganah, disbanded and disarmed the Etzel and Lechi, two other militia groups because these were two groups whose mission was an offensive one. It was ultimately the Hagganah, meaning Defense which prevailed, and turned into the IDF, aka the Israeli Defense Forces. Since that moment, Israel has never militarily performed any offensive actions besides the capture of the Old City, and Har HaBayit in 1967.

3) Victory Entebbe! In 1976, an Air France flight to Israel was hijacked and landed in Uganda. The demands made were to release various terrorists held in Israeli jails. The IDF performed a succesful mission to safely rescue the hostages and bring them home to Israel even though not all of them were Israeli. This proved to the world, among others two very important things- 1)Jewish Blood is no longer cheap 2)If you are a Jew then the State of Israel will defend you even if you choose to live in the Diaspora, Tzahal is not an Israeli army, it's a Jewish Army.

2) The constant devotion to Peace. Eve if sometimes it does not come easily, the Israeli government and majority of the citizens have been desparately trying, ever since the First Aliyah in the late nineteenth century to make peace with their neighbors and unless backed against a corner not resort to violence.

1) The accomplishment that makes me the most proud is that after thousands of years of the World Centres for Torah being located in the far corners of the world, there are now hundreds of Yeshivas in Eretz Yisrael that Jews from around the world can come to study in. The Torah centres moved from Babylon to Spain to Germany to Poland to America, and now finally there is Am Yisrael living in Eretz Yisrael and learning the holy Toras Yisael.