Statement by President Obama on Israeli Independence Day 2013

by Gary Kopycinski on April 16, 2013

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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2013.

On the 65^thanniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, I join my fellow Americans in wishing the Israeli people a joyous Independence Day. On this date 65 years ago, the Jewish people realized their dream of the ages—to be masters of their fate in their own sovereign state. From that moment on, a free and independent Israel has had no greater friend and ally than the United…