April 16 marked the 27th anniversary of a continuing miracle: the birth of the State of Israel. It seems almost hard to believe that it has been 27 years that day in 1948 that the indomitable remnant of the Nazi holocaust stood shoulder to shoulder with Palestinian pioneers to announce that a new country had entered the world community. In the ensuing years. a nation was truly built in every sense of the word as the Israelis went about literally making the desert bloom. creating one of the worlds finest universitiesthe Hebrew University in Jerusalemrebuilding the best medical center in the regionHadassah Hospital. sponsoring a renowned symphony orchestra and important museums. conducting scientific research of major proportions and absorbing several million refugees. while subject to constant hostile action on the part of all of its neighbors resulting in four separate fullblown wars in its relatively short life. From the initial attack by the Arabs as she announced her independence to the outrageous invasion on the holiest day of the Hebrew calendar in 1973. Israel has been in a perpetualif not necessarily activestate of war with the countries surrounding her.
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