Israel’s Prime Objective: To Make the World a Better Place

Minister Bennett releases heartfelt, if quirky, address of ‘Tikkun Olam’ for Independence Day – bridging ancient heritage & modern marvels.

By Tova Dvorin

 

Economics Minister and Jewish Home (Bayit Yehudi) Chairman Naftali Bennett released a special video address in honor of Israel’s Independence Day on Monday, noting Israel’s synthesis between ancient heritage and modern miracle.

“Today we are celebrating Israel’s sixty-sixth birthday,” he stated, in a video posted on Facebook. “This is a young country, but our people is a very ancient one. We’ve been around for 3,800 years – you and I, our forefathers.”

Bennett illustrated this with a vivid – if unconventional – example.

“If we were put in a time machine and thrown, say, 3,000 years backward, [then] – right over here, in Jerusalem, in the capital of Israel, I would be able to speak to my own forefathers, or even King David, and be able to speak to them in the same language – Hebrew – and believe in the same G-d.”

“We are the only nation in the world this applies to,” Bennett noted. “This is amazing.”

The Minister also addressed Israel’s modern-day achievements.

“And [yet] Israel is a true modern miracle,” he continued. “I want to invite all of you here to see the wonderful technological miracles we are creating here day in, day out.”

Since Israel’s re-establishment, those achievements are for the betterment of the world, he said.

“We, all together, have a big mission,” Bennett stated. “The mission is tikkun olam, fixing the world, improving the world, making it a better place.”

“So today, I wish all of you: Happy Independence Day!,” he concluded.

 

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