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לכן כה אמר אדני יהוה הנני יסד בציון אבן אבן בחן פנת יקרת מוסד מוסד המאמין לא יחיש
Therefore thus says the Lord God : See,I am laying a stone in Zion, a stone that has been tested, a precious corner stone as a sure foundation;he who puts his faith in it shall not be shaken. Isaiah28:16
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ISRAEL 60
Israel 60: Happy Birthday - Celebrating Israel's Independence
Shalom from Zion!
Blessings to you from Jerusalem where we are all
enjoying the refreshing Spring weather, as the nation
prepares for Israel is 60th anniversary on May 8.
60 Years Of Israel
Moments in Israeli History
May 14, 1948 — Israel declares Independence
Thus restoring sovereignty to a people who had waited 2,000 years for this time. Every day, every celebration and every festival the Jewish People had called for their restoration to their land, this one defining moment gave voice to all of this yearning.
July 17, 1948 — A new Israeli currency is created, replacing the British Mandatory pound.
In time, the currency would become known as the Shekel, which was named after the coins used by Jews in ancient times.
November 15, 1948 — El Al, Israel's national airline is created. Its first and most important mission is to rescue Jews from Arab lands and bring them to Israel.
Hundreds of thousands of Jews have used this airline to bring them 'home' to Israel. In 1949, Yemenite Jews, many who had never seen an airplane before, felt that these planes were the literal messianic prophecy of returning to Israel on the "wings of eagles."
February 17, 1949 — Chaim Weizmann becomes the first President of the State of Israel.
Weizmann was also an internationally renowned chemist who became known as the father of industrial fermentation. Due to his expertise, the allies in World War I were assisted in their victorious war effort and this helped the Zionist movement that he led.
March 4, 1949 — The United Nations Security Council votes to accept Israel as a member of the United Nations.
The resolution that called for the admittance of Israel into the UN, called Israel "a peace-loving State."
March 10, 1949 — The first government in Israel is formed with David Ben-Gurion as Prime Minister.
Ben-Gurion was such an important figure that he was voted by Time Magazine as one of the top 100 people who shaped the 20th century. In fact, Ben-Gurion provoked such awe and respect that when depicting the G-d —like 'Guardian of the Universe' for the Green Lantern comic strip, the artist used Ben-Gurion as his model.
January 23, 1950 — Jerusalem is declared the capital of Israel and soon after the Knesset moves to Jerusalem.
Jerusalem becomes not only the religious and cultural center for Jews worldwide but also the political center. The term Zionism comes from another name for Jerusalem--Zion. To many, an Israel without Jerusalem would be like a body without its heart.
June 5, 1967 — Six Day War begins.
Israel launches a pre-emptive strike on Egypt and Syria which had been threatening Israel with destruction. The Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian armies are destroyed in six days. Israelis feared for their future existence in the lead up to the war.
The Arab armies were unequivocal as to their goals in the war. Syrian leader Hafez Assad called the war "a battle of annihilation." Egyptian leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser said "Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel.”
March 17, 1969 — Golda Meir becomes the Prime Minister of Israel and only the third woman in the world to be elected to lead her respective country.
Raised and educated in the U.S., 'Golda' became the only American citizen to become Prime Minister of Israel. She was such an iconic figure that Ingrid Bergman and Judy Davis played her in films. Even today there is a play on Broadway dedicated to her remarkable life.
December 8, 1987 — The first Intifada or 'uprising' begins.
An Israeli truck accidentally kills four Palestinians in a car-accident. Rumours spread that the act was intentional. Although many associate the first Intifada with Palestinian throwing stones against the mighty Israeli army this was not the reality. During the first four years of the uprising, more than 3,600 Molotov cocktail attacks, 100 hand grenade attacks and 600 assaults with guns or explosives were reported by the IDF.
December 10, 1994
The Nobel Peace Prizes for 1994 are rewarded in Oslo, to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, PA Chairman Yasser Arafat, and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres
May 29, 1996
Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu wins the elections. Netanyahu beats Shimon Peres by less than one percent in direct prime ministerial elections and asked to form the new government.
May 24, 2000 — The withdrawal from Lebanon.
The last Israeli soldier leaves Lebanese territory. The UN declares that Israel is fully compliant with all pertinent resolutions.
September 28, 2000 — The Second Intifada erupts.
Violent rioting breaks out in Jerusalem after Ariel Sharon, the leader of the opposition, visits the Temple Mount. Although many assumed the violent erruption was spontaneous and not pre-planned, some Palestinians made clear that this was not the case. A speech made in December 2000 by Imad Falouji, the PA Communications Minister at the time, explains that the violence had been planned since Arafat's return from the Camp David Summit in July, far in advance of Sharon's visit. Falouji stated that the Intifada "was carefully planned since the return of Yasser Arafat from Camp David negotiations rejecting the U.S. conditions."
January 16, 2003 — Ilan Ramon becomes the first Israeli to enter space.
Israel shows its beaming pride as Ramon launches into space aboard the space shuttle Columbia. Ramon makes Kiddush in space and asks for specially made Kosher food on his flight, despite not being an observant Jew. Says Ramon: "My mother is a Holocaust survivor...and my father fought for the independence of Israel...I feel I'm representing the whole Jewish people." The nation as a whole stops to grieve as the Columbia breaks up on entry and all the astronauts perish.
September 12, 2005 — Israel removes all of its civilians and military from the Gaza Strip and 4 communities in Northern Samaria.
For the first time in modern conflict a nation retreats and evacuates territory that it won in a defensive war without a peace agreement and hands it over to an implacable foe who still espouses violence against it. This was shown by almost immediate rocket attacks emanating from within Gaza.
July 12, 2006 — The Second Lebanon War begins.
Unprovoked, the Iranian-backed Hizbullah terrorist organisation fire rockets at northern Israeli towns and kidnapped and kill IDF soldiers in Israel. The war sent hundreds of thousands of Israelis into bomb shelters and fleeing South to safety. Thousands of acres of forests burned as a result of the rocket attacks. After 33 days of fighting the sides agreed to a truce and the UN strengthened its presence in Southern Lebanon. Despite this presence, Hizbullah has completely rearmed and regained its positions just over the border.
May 14, 1948 — Israel declares Independence
Thus restoring sovereignty to a people who had waited 2,000 years for this time. Every day, every celebration and every festival the Jewish People had called for their restoration to their land, this one defining moment gave voice to all of this yearning.
July 17, 1948 — A new Israeli currency is created, replacing the British Mandatory pound.
In time, the currency would become known as the Shekel, which was named after the coins used by Jews in ancient times.
November 15, 1948 — El Al, Israel's national airline is created. Its first and most important mission is to rescue Jews from Arab lands and bring them to Israel.
Hundreds of thousands of Jews have used this airline to bring them 'home' to Israel. In 1949, Yemenite Jews, many who had never seen an airplane before, felt that these planes were the literal messianic prophecy of returning to Israel on the "wings of eagles."
February 17, 1949 — Chaim Weizmann becomes the first President of the State of Israel.
Weizmann was also an internationally renowned chemist who became known as the father of industrial fermentation. Due to his expertise, the allies in World War I were assisted in their victorious war effort and this helped the Zionist movement that he led.
March 4, 1949 — The United Nations Security Council votes to accept Israel as a member of the United Nations.
The resolution that called for the admittance of Israel into the UN, called Israel "a peace-loving State."
March 10, 1949 — The first government in Israel is formed with David Ben-Gurion as Prime Minister.
Ben-Gurion was such an important figure that he was voted by Time Magazine as one of the top 100 people who shaped the 20th century. In fact, Ben-Gurion provoked such awe and respect that when depicting the G-d —like 'Guardian of the Universe' for the Green Lantern comic strip, the artist used Ben-Gurion as his model.
January 23, 1950 — Jerusalem is declared the capital of Israel and soon after the Knesset moves to Jerusalem.
Jerusalem becomes not only the religious and cultural center for Jews worldwide but also the political center. The term Zionism comes from another name for Jerusalem--Zion. To many, an Israel without Jerusalem would be like a body without its heart.
June 5, 1967 — Six Day War begins.
Israel launches a pre-emptive strike on Egypt and Syria which had been threatening Israel with destruction. The Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian armies are destroyed in six days. Israelis feared for their future existence in the lead up to the war.
The Arab armies were unequivocal as to their goals in the war. Syrian leader Hafez Assad called the war "a battle of annihilation." Egyptian leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser said "Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel.”
March 17, 1969 — Golda Meir becomes the Prime Minister of Israel and only the third woman in the world to be elected to lead her respective country.
Raised and educated in the U.S., 'Golda' became the only American citizen to become Prime Minister of Israel. She was such an iconic figure that Ingrid Bergman and Judy Davis played her in films. Even today there is a play on Broadway dedicated to her remarkable life.
December 8, 1987 — The first Intifada or 'uprising' begins.
An Israeli truck accidentally kills four Palestinians in a car-accident. Rumours spread that the act was intentional. Although many associate the first Intifada with Palestinian throwing stones against the mighty Israeli army this was not the reality. During the first four years of the uprising, more than 3,600 Molotov cocktail attacks, 100 hand grenade attacks and 600 assaults with guns or explosives were reported by the IDF.
December 10, 1994
The Nobel Peace Prizes for 1994 are rewarded in Oslo, to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, PA Chairman Yasser Arafat, and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres
May 29, 1996
Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu wins the elections. Netanyahu beats Shimon Peres by less than one percent in direct prime ministerial elections and asked to form the new government.
May 24, 2000 — The withdrawal from Lebanon.
The last Israeli soldier leaves Lebanese territory. The UN declares that Israel is fully compliant with all pertinent resolutions.
September 28, 2000 — The Second Intifada erupts.
Violent rioting breaks out in Jerusalem after Ariel Sharon, the leader of the opposition, visits the Temple Mount. Although many assumed the violent erruption was spontaneous and not pre-planned, some Palestinians made clear that this was not the case. A speech made in December 2000 by Imad Falouji, the PA Communications Minister at the time, explains that the violence had been planned since Arafat's return from the Camp David Summit in July, far in advance of Sharon's visit. Falouji stated that the Intifada "was carefully planned since the return of Yasser Arafat from Camp David negotiations rejecting the U.S. conditions."
January 16, 2003 — Ilan Ramon becomes the first Israeli to enter space.
Israel shows its beaming pride as Ramon launches into space aboard the space shuttle Columbia. Ramon makes Kiddush in space and asks for specially made Kosher food on his flight, despite not being an observant Jew. Says Ramon: "My mother is a Holocaust survivor...and my father fought for the independence of Israel...I feel I'm representing the whole Jewish people." The nation as a whole stops to grieve as the Columbia breaks up on entry and all the astronauts perish.
September 12, 2005 — Israel removes all of its civilians and military from the Gaza Strip and 4 communities in Northern Samaria.
For the first time in modern conflict a nation retreats and evacuates territory that it won in a defensive war without a peace agreement and hands it over to an implacable foe who still espouses violence against it. This was shown by almost immediate rocket attacks emanating from within Gaza.
July 12, 2006 — The Second Lebanon War begins.
Unprovoked, the Iranian-backed Hizbullah terrorist organisation fire rockets at northern Israeli towns and kidnapped and kill IDF soldiers in Israel. The war sent hundreds of thousands of Israelis into bomb shelters and fleeing South to safety. Thousands of acres of forests burned as a result of the rocket attacks. After 33 days of fighting the sides agreed to a truce and the UN strengthened its presence in Southern Lebanon. Despite this presence, Hizbullah has completely rearmed and regained its positions just over the border.
Facts about Israel
Highly Educated Population
Israel is one of the most highly educated countries in the world with the highest number of engineers, scientists and Ph.D's per capita (135 per 10,000).
Stand-up Start-ups
Israel has the largest number of startup companies, in absolute terms, than any other country in the world, save the US (3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech).
Science, Science Everywhere
Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the U.S., over 70 in Japan, and less than 60 in Germany. With over 25% of its work force employed in technical professions. Israel places first in this category as well.
Let's Go to University
Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world. 24 per cent of Israel's workforce holds university degrees — ranking third in the industrialized world, after the United States and Holland – and 12 per cent hold advanced degrees.
Lowest Point on Earth
The Dead Sea in Israel is the lowest body of water on Earth, at 1,315 feet below sea level at its lowest point.
Female Entreprenuers
Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship - and the highest rate among women and among people over 55 - in the world.
Media Saturation
Israel receives more media coverage, per capita and per square foot, than any nation on earth.
Hatikvah The Hope
Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, originally had nine stanzas and was written in the Ukraine in 1878. Hatikvah was not officially declared as or chosen to be the national anthem of Israel until November 2004.
Advanced Agriculture
Israel sponsored research in agriculture has generated sales of more than $500 million, tax revenues of more than $100 million and created more than 5,000 American jobs.
Bucks for the Blind
Israeli bank-notes have Braille on them so the blind can identify them.
Quality Healthcare
Israel has a higher life expectancy, lower average infant mortality rate and almost double the amount of doctors per patient ratio than the U.S.
Free In-Vitro Fertilization
Israel has more in-vitro fertilization per capita than anywhere in the world, and it's free.
Watch them Come...and Go
At Ben-Gurion Airport's new terminal, those arriving see those leaving because the architect knew that the drama of arrivals and departures in Israel was greater than in other lands.
Israel is one of the most highly educated countries in the world with the highest number of engineers, scientists and Ph.D's per capita (135 per 10,000).
Stand-up Start-ups
Israel has the largest number of startup companies, in absolute terms, than any other country in the world, save the US (3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech).
Science, Science Everywhere
Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the U.S., over 70 in Japan, and less than 60 in Germany. With over 25% of its work force employed in technical professions. Israel places first in this category as well.
Let's Go to University
Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world. 24 per cent of Israel's workforce holds university degrees — ranking third in the industrialized world, after the United States and Holland – and 12 per cent hold advanced degrees.
Lowest Point on Earth
The Dead Sea in Israel is the lowest body of water on Earth, at 1,315 feet below sea level at its lowest point.
Female Entreprenuers
Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship - and the highest rate among women and among people over 55 - in the world.
Media Saturation
Israel receives more media coverage, per capita and per square foot, than any nation on earth.
Hatikvah The Hope
Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, originally had nine stanzas and was written in the Ukraine in 1878. Hatikvah was not officially declared as or chosen to be the national anthem of Israel until November 2004.
Advanced Agriculture
Israel sponsored research in agriculture has generated sales of more than $500 million, tax revenues of more than $100 million and created more than 5,000 American jobs.
Bucks for the Blind
Israeli bank-notes have Braille on them so the blind can identify them.
Quality Healthcare
Israel has a higher life expectancy, lower average infant mortality rate and almost double the amount of doctors per patient ratio than the U.S.
Free In-Vitro Fertilization
Israel has more in-vitro fertilization per capita than anywhere in the world, and it's free.
Watch them Come...and Go
At Ben-Gurion Airport's new terminal, those arriving see those leaving because the architect knew that the drama of arrivals and departures in Israel was greater than in other lands.
Role in God's Plan
Equipping for the Harvest Strategy
JFLS - Ministries Isaiah28:16
P.O.Box 28069
JERUSALEM 91280
Israel
ph: # 972-5444-28772
israel_j
