Israel celebrates 78 years of independence?

April 23, 2026 2:23am CST
I keep wondering about this news about Israel celebrating 78 years of independence. Does that mean the Israel of the old has ceased to exist? Where do these current Israelites come from?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502734)
• Italy
23 Apr
The State of Israel did not exist. The people of Israel lived in different countries and they were finally recognized as an Independent country on May 14, 1948.
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DianneN
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
24 Apr
I was going to say the exact same thing that @LadyDuck just said. These people found a safe haven after fleeing from oppression and the Nazi regime of World War II.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502734)
• Italy
24 Apr
And it took a while before many nations recognized them. The United States were the first country to recognize Israel, followed by Iran.
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (1757)
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25 Apr
@LadyDuck wow, Iran?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502734)
• Italy
25 Apr
@ogbenishyna44 Of course Iran at those time had a different kind of government.
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luisadannointed
@luisadannointed (11881)
• Philippines
23 Apr
They are the chosen people of the only living God up to this day. They are celebrating the establishment of their nation. Because they always disobey God, they lost their land in conquest, and was scattered etc., you can read it in the bible. But after the Holocaust, under Hitler who killed so many Jews... that's triggered other countries to support Israel establishing their nation. I hope it answered your question. God bless.
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (1757)
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25 Apr
God is for everyone today.
luisadannointed
@luisadannointed (11881)
• Philippines
25 Apr
@ogbenishyna44 nope, He is for everyone since the beginning.
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (1757)
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25 Apr
@luisadannointed he was for the Israelites only ., in the new testament
Judy Story
@jstory07 (148771)
• Roseburg, Oregon
23 Apr
I hope they continue to be free .
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (1757)
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23 Apr
Free from what? . They have created too many enemies right now.
Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (35267)
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25 Apr
I don't care. All they like to do is fight with other nations
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Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (35267)
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25 Apr
@ogbenishyna44 Yes. I don't have anything against normal Israeli people But I think they should all be advised to move away and that the rest of.the.world.should bomb them Just like they bombed Palestine
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (1757)
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25 Apr
@Ineeddentures where will they move to?
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Emmanuel Adelakun
@ogbenishyna44 (1757)
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25 Apr
They pick on smaller nations until they met Iran.
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