Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written a letter to The Jerusalem Post Magazine, reflecting on Theodor Herzl's vision
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFThe cover of the August 30 edition of The Jerusalem Post Magazine(photo credit: BACKGROUND PHOTO BY ARTIST DANIEL COOPER)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written a letter to The Jerusalem Post Magazine, reflecting on Theodor Herzl's vision. The prime minister's argument is that Israel has surpassed it.The letter came ahead of Friday's publication of a special magazine dedicated to the life and legacy of Herzl."We have transformed Israel’s economy from its socialist roots – which Herzl disdained – into a free-market economy that unleashed the genius of our people, precisely as Herzl prophesied. We have turned Israel into a rising global power," wrote the prime minister. "Our citizens, Jews and Arabs alike, enjoy the freedoms denied elsewhere in our region and a level of prosperity that now exceeds Japan’s."Netanyahu further called Herzl the Jews' "modern Moses."The magazine features perspectives on Herzl from today's thought-leaders, such as Israeli political scientist Shlomo Avineri, Rabbi Dr. Benny Lau and America-Israel Friendship League think tank chairman Gol Kalev.The magazine is available online, with articles throughout the website, or at newsstands.
