Psalms 122:6 says,
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
May all who love this city prosper.”
- The first Prime Minister of Israel: David Ben-Gurion (May 14, 1948 -January 26, 1954)
- The first President of Israel: Chaim Weizmann (1949 – 1951)
- Meaning of the word “Israel” is “Prince of God”
- The name Israel was given directly by God
- Area of Israel in 2016: 8019 Square Mile
- Population of Israel in 2016: 8,192,463 (roughly 8 millions)
- Israel’s flag : Display the flag here and click on the flag to go to Israel’s gov. site or to their tourism site
- The miraculous Six-Day War
- When: Spring of 1967
- Warring countries: Israel vs. Iraq, Syria, Jordan, & Egypt with the weaponry support of United Arab forces
- The national emblem of Israel is Menorah – a seven-branched candelabrum
- The national anthem of Israel is HaTikvah (“The Hope”) – Listen at this LINK
- The lyrics was composed in 1886 by Naphtali Herz Imber, an English poet originally from Bohemia
- The melody was written by Samuel Cohen, an immigrant from Moldavia
The meaning of HaTikvah is as follows
“As long as the Jewish spirit is yearning deep in the heart,
With eyes turned toward the East, looking toward Zion,
Then our hope – the two-thousand-year-old hope – will not be lost:
To be a free people in our land,
The land of Zion and Jerusalem.”
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