måndag 5 maj 2014

Två artiklar med anledning av Israels självständighetsdag


In memory of the fallen (Danny Ayalon Jpost)
"We must heed Isaiah’s prophecy, yearning for the day when peace will come with our neighbors. But until that day, we mark and commemorate those who have given their last full measure of devotion."

"...On Independence Day, our joy is tempered by the knowledge that many gave their lives so that we can live in liberty. And on Remembrance Day the mourning of individuals is transformed from a private bereavement to a collective recognition of the sacrifices of those who are no longer with us and a collective affirmation that those sacrifices were not for nothing.

Yet, we have a tendency, as Israelis and as Zionists, to believe that after the creation of the State of Israel, and especially after an impressive track record of 66 years, our point has been made. We have become a nation among the nations. We have at long last achieved what had for so long been denied us – a state of our own. Our nationhood is today an undeniable fact.

But this way of thinking is a pleasant illusion, from which we are repeatedly woken up – when volleys of Kassam missiles are fired at Jewish communities in the South; when “moderate” Palestinian politicians glorify murderers of Jewish women and children as “heroes;” when the Islamic Republic denies the Holocaust if only to lay the groundwork for a repeat performance; or when Israel is likened to apartheid-era South Africa to show that its legitimacy is no less in question.

As we honor those who sacrificed what was most precious and prepare to celebrate the mind-boggling achievement made in just two-thirds of a century of Jewish sovereignty, we must also be cognizant of the many challenges that face us in coming weeks, months, and years..."

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