What must Israel do to stay independent, so our descendants can celebrate Independence day in 200 years? This is not a trivial question. Geopolitically, Israel is an accident. Historically, it has only been able to exist as an independent state when the empires to the south (Egypt) and northeast (Assyria, Babylonia, Persia) were too weak to overrun the slender strip of fertile land on both sides of the Jordan river. There is no denying that Israel has many enemies, as well. But what will determine our survival as an independent state is primarily what we do, not what others do or say. Continued...
Ami Isseroff on 04.29.09 @ 07:33 PM CST [link]
Some people miss the point about Israeli independence day. Haaretz editors seem to think it is about "accrual of time" and suggest that "Perhaps now the time is ripe to let go of the euphoria over the country's very existence, the flip side of existential fear."
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Ami Isseroff on 04.29.09 @ 04:06 PM CST [link]
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