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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

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Joe Maverick

Date: 10/20/2023 11:49:00 PM

I think remove current world feeders..? Er Leaders? And replace them with various People like these..Thats everywhere..! Every country )

Regina Elliott

Date: 10/20/2023 1:57:00 AM

Gershon, this is such a towering poem of Israel's strength and resilience in the face of evil. You have penned this so well. What a mighty country, blessed by God. Shalom, good friend.