As of the 8th of May, modern Israel is now 71 years old, a very young country by today’s standards. But the people of Israel and the land of Israel have been set apart by God for nearly four thousand years. One of the world’s oldest nations has one of the youngest countries.
I think it is an act of faith and devotion that each year we reconsider how God intervened on behalf of His people and give credit to the fact that the reestablishment of the Jewish state is an event that can’t be explained without recognizing the hand of the Divine Composer.