The State of Israel was not born because of the Holocaust, but its birth restored hope to the Jewish people then, and it guarantees us a lifeline now – power over our survival and our destiny.
The act of vandalism has been condemned by Jewish groups including the American Jewish Committee which called the act “shocking.”
Activists slashed the 100-year-old painting and threw red paint on it.
Col. Kemp, who bought himself a plane ticket to Israel as soon as he heard of Hamas’s attack, has remained in the country since, observing the conflict and briefing foreign diplomats and lawmakers.
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
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