'Israel is about to celebrate what may the strangest Independence Day in its history,' writes Daniel Gordis
Gordis is Koret Distinguished Fellow at Shalem College in Jerusalem, and the recipient of two National Jewish Book Awards. His new book,ust a few months ago, Israelis were looking forward to the celebration of their 75th anniversary. After all, Israel’s history seemed almost magical. Time and again, ever since its founding in 1948, Israel had come seemingly close to the precipice of collapse.
Economics also produced grave challenges. In its earliest years, Israel was out of money, had no way to feed or house the hundreds of thousands of Jewish displaced persons making their way to the young state from DP camps in Europe after the Holocaust or the approximately 700,000 Jews from Arab lands who were essentially expelled from North Africa and who then also came to Israel. Israel instituted mandatory food rationing.
Today, Israel has signed peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, has normalized relations with the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. Progress with other African nations continues apace.
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