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Listen to David Ben Gurion's Historical Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948 in Tel Aviv

Listen to our unique weekly Yiddish report with SBS correspondent Alex Dafner...Find out the latest:The Jewish community welcomed the Australian Electoral Commissions announcement that the current Federal Victorian Gippsland seat of Mc Millan will be renamed Monash, after the great Jewish Australian WWI General and engineer Sir Joh Monash, whom campaigners, including former deputy PM Tim Fischer want to be raised to the rank of Field Marshall in this the 100th year after the end of WWI and on the occasion of the opening of the Sir John Monash Centre at the Villers-Bretonneux battlefields on ANZAC Day 2018.

Don't miss an exclusive interview with Israel's Ambassador to Australia who sees Israel after 70 years, as a miracle with fantastic achievements, despite all the challenges... English Interview

“What Israel has achieved in the 70 years, since its establishment as a modern state, in 1948   is nothing short than a minor miracle, yes we have problems, we always had problems in the neighbourhood, which is not the best neighbourhood …but despite all of that and despite also the fact that until recently we didn’t have any natural resources, what we have built up in the 70 years, since the establishment of Israel is something which is mind boggling…. I think that no other word is possible to use here”.

Israel’s Independence Day is celebrated next week on the 18th April , 2018 on the fifth day of the month of Iyar, which is the Hebrew date of the formal establishment of the State of Israel, when members of the “provisional government” read and signed a Declaration of Independence in Tel Aviv. The original date corresponded to May 14, 1948. 

The Hebrew program, hosted Israel’s ambassador to Australia, his Excellency Mark Sofer to find out from his own perspective the achievements of Israel in the past 70 years.

Ambassador Sofer who will be celebrating this milestone with the Jewish communities in Sydney and Melbourne expressed his pride of Israel’s achievements.

“Israel is at the forefront of technology, in almost every sphere known to man and certainly those which are benefiting the world as a whole”….

“Water technologies , innovations, telephonic innovations, high tech, medical inventions… Israel has been placed a no 1 or 2 by almost every institution dealing with innovation in the last two years and this is a county with almost nothing to show for it, except for human skills, human ingenuity, Entrepreneurship  and what we built is something we can be proud of”….

Ambassador Sofer spoke about Israel as a successful multicultural nation that absorbed people from all over the world and compared it to Australia:

“We have done an amazing job”….

“People living in Australia understand the multiculturalism and the need to incorporate multiculturalism into the society”….

“This melting pot has really brought us all together where we are today in a modern vibrant society, which started as a  basic agricultural one and is now the cutting edge in the international arena”…

He sees a “swell” of friendship in Australian society towards Israel.

He is hoping for peace in the region and sees it crucial.

“Israel will continue to be an example to the world of a country that started from basically scratch and has made it to the pinnacle despite the trials and tribulations it faces day in and day out”…

Don't miss an exclusive interview with Israel's Ambassador to Australia who sees Israel after 70 years, as a miracle with fantastic achievements, despite all the challenges... Hebrew Interview

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