If An Expert Says It Can't Be

The State Of Israel Will Prove Itself Not By Material Wealth, Not By Military Might Or Technical Achievement, But By Its Moral Character And Human Values.

The Past Is Our Very Being.

We Offer Peace And Neighborliness To All The Neighboring States And Their Peoples, And Invite Them To Cooperate With The Independent Hebrew Nation For The Common Good Of All.

The Trebling Of The Population In This Small And Impoverished Country, Flowing With Milk And Honey But Not With Sufficient Water, Rich In Rocks And Sand Dunes But Poor In Natural Resources And Vital Raw Materials, Has Been No Easy Task: Indeed, Practical Men, With Their Eyes Fixed Upon Things As They Are, Regarded It As An Empty And Insubstantial Utopian Dream.

Since I Invoke Torah So Often, Let Me State That I Don't Personally Believe In The God It Postulates ... I Am Not Religious, Nor Were The Majority Of The Early Builders Of Israel Believers. Yet Their Passion For This Land Stemmed From The Book Of Books ... [the Bible Is] The Single Most Important Book In My Life.