Never bet against the Jewish future
We stand tall with 3700 years of civilisation behind us and 77 years of sovereignty and self-determination
If history has taught us anything, it is this: never bet against the Jewish people. The past two years have been among the most painful Israel and the Jewish people have faced in decades.
War. Hostages. Sirens. Terrorist attacks. Ever-present antisemitism.
The headlines suggest the Jewish story has entered another dark chapter. But history demands perspective. During World War II, over one and a half million Jews served in Allied forces. Not one of them had the power to bomb the tracks to Auschwitz or assassinate Hitler.
In the opening hours of the 1948 War of Independence, Egyptian warplanes dominated the skies over Tel Aviv, bombing the city’s airfield and power stations, while the newborn Jewish state had almost nothing with which to defend itself.
Today, just 78 years later, the Israeli Air Force dominates the skies of the Middle East. Israel’s defence systems intercept ballistic missiles travelling at extraordinary speeds, and Israel has demonstrated the capacity to reach every despot sworn to its destruction.
comments