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ANALYSIS
For thousands of years, Israel has been known as the land of our forefathers, the land of the Bible, and the land of God— yet what has been made inspiringly clear to everyone the past eight weeks, is that this miraculous country is inhabited by a land of heroes.
Throughout my life, I have been studying and finding life lessons from the heroes of Israel from thousands of years ago—King David, Deborah, Joshua and Caleb. From the time I was a baby, I was raised on stories of the Zionist champions from this past century—Golda Meir, Yoni Netanyahu, and the countless other Israelis who worked to make the modern Jewish state what it is today.
And sadly, in the past few years, I have been hearing people ask the same questions on the future of Israel, with a sense of despair:
‘Where have the visionary Ben Gurions of Israel gone?’
‘Do the people of Israel still possess the strength found in our national symbol, the Lion of Judah?’
‘Do we have the traditional idealistic, selfless, spirit of Zionism still burning in our soul?’
‘Does the younger generation understand what our older heroes knew: that we must
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