The Face of Hope

Over a hundred years of miracles dating back well before statehood Pioneers who made the desert bloom Though no one thought they could Fighting off constant terror attacks plows in one hand, rifles in the other Working eighteen hours a day, six days a week One for all and all for one, everyone a brother Rising from the ashes of the Nazi holocaust six million maimed, tortured, killed Three short years later, declared a state that only they and God willed 650,000 Jews, half of them new refugees armed with hammers, saws, and brooms fought off the attacks of Egypt, Syria, Jordan Lebanon, Iraq, and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem All while taking in 875,000 Jewish refugees from Arab lands resettling them in threadbare quarters Today, boasting a world-class economy and over 9 million people Israel is the world's face of hope, her story never equaled