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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-harris/happy-64th-birthday-israel_b_1427363.html
Happy 64th Birthday, Israel!
(Huffington Post) David Harris - Israel has the dubious distinction of being the only UN member-state whose right to exist is regularly challenged, whose elimination from the world map is the aim of at least one other UN member-state, Iran, and whose population centers are deemed fair game by Hamas-controlled Gaza and Hizbullah-dominated Lebanon. No other country is the target of such non-stop, well-funded, and highly-organized campaigns to discredit, delegitimize, and demonize a sovereign state. And no other country has its right to self-defense challenged as Israel does, even though it does no more than any other nation would do if confronted by periodic terrorist assaults and deadly missile and rocket attacks. I have enormous admiration for Israel - for its resolve, resilience, courage, and ingenuity. Israel has not flinched. It refuses to cave. It keeps confounding its foes. The writer is executive director of the American Jewish Committee.