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The fragile cease fire in Gaza is holding; Week of Anniversaries will pose as a test
from His Grace Magazine
by His Grace
InJerusalem, Israel, the fragile cease fire is holding so far; the cease fire happened on May 14. That date marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of Israel, according the Gregorian calendar. It has become yet another battle in the Israeli - Palestinian fight ever since day one.
The anniversary came only hours after the cease fire had ended the five day conflict with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The terrorists had fired more than 1,300 rockets into southern Israel, some of them landing as far away as Tel Aviv and on the outer skirts of Jerusalem.
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Israel then attacked hundreds of rocket launch sites, and the Iron Dome anti-missle defense system shot down 90 percent of the rockets that was heading to populated areas.
Unfortunately, a few rockets did get through; the city of Ashkelon
City of Jerusalem as they wave their Israeli flags. Hamas warned it was hit. Two people were killed in different locations in separate attacks.
Many people are thinking that it is only a matter of time before more rounds of rockets are fired into Israel.
Experts are saying they thought it might start up again when Israelis celebrated the anniversary of the reunification of the city of Jerusalem in 1967, this is known as Jerusalem Day, as thousands of Israelis march through the Old would respond if they marched through the Muslim Quarter.
The United Nations often promote the antiIsrael resolution, they will host the anniversary of the Nakba, or "catastrophe," rather than the anniversary of Israel's founding. The Nakba is what Palestinians say is their eviction from the land of Palestine that happened during the Israel's War of Independence in 1948.
The Ambassador to the U.N., Gilad Erdan, was angry with the decision. He said, "Instead of commemorating the real "Nakba," the expulsion of nearly a million Jews from Arab countries following the establishment of Israel, this biased organization is distorting its own history." He also said, "I'm working to ensure that member states understand that attending this despicable event means destroying any chance of peace by adopting the Palestinian narrative calling the establishment of the state of Israel a 'disaster' while ignoring Palestinian hate, incitement, terror and refusal to accept the legitimacy of a Jewish state."
Regardless of the controversy, Israeli commentator, Gil Troy, said that the 75th anniversary is a miraculous rebirth of this Jewish state after two thousand years.
