Happy Birthday, Israel! (UPDATED)

God grant you many years!

So many commemorations today,so much to reflect on, so much misunderstanding, some perhaps innocent but- most usually- willful. Not to mention outright malignant evil.

A long, but very comprehensive and worthwhile post is here at Sigmund, Carl and Alfred. Worth the read, I think.

Additional good links, not so lengthy but equally essential reads, found at Powerline blog:

“Israel is a beacon of freedom and humanity in the world’s toughest neighborhood. In every area of modern life the country boasts a genius that on a per capita basis must be unrivaled. Among the many articles and posts worthy of consideration regarding Israel’s anniversary are those by Bret Stephens on “Israel’s sixty-year test,” Michael Oren on Israel as “America’s best friend,” Alan Dershowitz finding Israel “So deserving of praise,” Andrew Bostom on “Israel at 60,” and Steve Felder and Robert Sklaroff on “Israel at 60 — give or take a few thousand years.”

A new Israel Symposium at NRO.