Today, the 5th of Ayar on the Jewish calendar, is Israel Independence Day; a day when we commemorate nothing less than a modern-day miracle. After 2000 years of grueling exile, the Jewish people once again were a free people in their own land.
(The full text of The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel)
Israel; a tiny nation besieged by her Arab/Muslim neighbors even before its founding has made the barren desert bloom and continues to succeed against all odds.
