Only 70 years ago, the Jews were taken to the slaughter like sheep. 60 years ago, we had no country and no army. Seven Arab countries declared war on our small Jewish state, just a few hours after its creation!
We were only 650 Jews, against the rest of the Arab world! NO IDF (Israel Defense Army), no powerful Air Force, only brave people with nowhere to go.
Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia all attacked us at the same time. The country that the United Nations gave us was 65% desert. The country was out of nowhere.
70年前，犹太人羔羊一样被带到屠宰场。
60年前，我们没有国家，没有军队。
就在它创立几个小时后，七个阿拉伯国家向我们这个犹太
小国宣战。
我们只有65万犹太人，没有国防军， 对抗阿拉伯世界。
我们没有有强大的空军，我们只有勇敢的人民。
黎巴嫩，叙利亚，伊拉克，约旦，埃及，利比亚，沙特
阿拉伯，如虎狼扑食。
联合国给我们的这块土地，65％是沙漠，一无所有！
35年前！我们与中东三个最强大的军队进行了战斗，我们
扫荡了他们——在六天之内。
我们同拥有现代化军队和许多苏联武器的阿拉伯国家联盟
进行了战斗，我们一直在挫败它们！
今天我们拥有：
一个国家； 一支陆军；一支强大的空军；和出口数百万
美元的最先进的经济！
英特尔 、微软 、IBM，在以色列开发产品；
我们的医生获得医学研究奖！
我们让沙漠鲜花绽放，我们的橙子、花卉和蔬菜出口到全世界；
我们将自己的卫星送入太空！一次同时发射三颗卫星！
我们自豪，我们成为他们中的一员：有2.5亿人口的美国，
有2亿居民的俄罗斯，有13亿的中国，
拥有3.5亿居民的欧洲 ，包括法国，英国，德国。
我们现在是美、俄、中、印、法、英拥核大家庭中的一员。
我们从来没有正式承认（但人尽皆知），只在60年前，我们
被侮辱， 被带走， 在绝望中被杀害！
我们只有欧洲战争废墟中的幸存者，可我们赤手空拳赢得了战争；
我们从无到有建立了我们的小小“帝国”。
哈马斯是谁？想吓唬我们？想打击我们？笑话！
我们庆祝逾越节，不要忘了它的意义：
我们从法老手里幸存下来。
我们从希腊人手中幸存下来。
我们从罗马人手里幸存下来。
我们从西班牙宗教裁判所中幸存下来。
我们从俄罗斯人手里幸存下来。
我们幸存于希特勒。
我们幸存于德国人。
我们在大屠杀中幸存下来。
我们在七个阿拉伯国家的军队打击下幸存下来。
我们幸存于萨达姆！
面对当今的敌人我们还会继续幸存下来。
回顾人类历史，我们犹太人的境遇从未如此好过，以色列
崛起于世界民族之林！
所有那些曾经试图摧毁我们的国家或文化，今天都
不复存在 ！但我们仍然欣欣向荣！
埃及？
希腊人？
马其顿的亚历山大？
罗马人？现在还有人还说拉丁语吗？
德意志第三帝国？
看看我们，
圣经的国度 ，
埃及的奴隶。
我们还在这里！
过去和现在，我们讲同一种语言！
阿拉伯人现在还不知道，但他们总会知道，有一个耶和华！......
只要我们保持我们的信仰，我们将永远存在！
所以，不好意思冒犯你们了，因为：
我们不想再忧心恐惧，
我们不想再为亲人痛哭。
现在， 我们做得很好。
当然还可以做得更好。
但是，不要相信媒体，他们不告诉你真相，从不宣扬我们的
成就和繁荣。
有人说我们不道德，难道我们只能为失去亲友而痛哭，
另一些人则拍手称快？
耶和华，亚伯拉罕的上帝，以撒的上帝，雅各的上帝，
守护着以色列，世世代代，直到永远、永远 ！
35 years ago, we fought the three most powerful armies in the Middle East and we swept them…yes, in six days!
We fought against various coalitions of Arab countries, which had the modern armies and many Soviet weapons, and we had always beaten them!
Today we have:
A country
An army
A powerful air force
A state-of-the-art economy which exports millions of dollars
Intel – Microsoft – IBM develop products at home
Our doctors receive awards for medical research
We make the desert bloom and sell oranges, flowers and vegetables all over the world. Israel has sent its own satellites into space. Three satellites at the same time!
We are proud to be at the same rank as: The United States, which has 250 million inhabitants, Russia which has 200 million inhabitants, China which has 1.3 billion inhabitants, Europe – France, Great Britain, Germany – with 350 million inhabitants. The only countries in the world to send objects into space. Israel is now part of the family of the nuclear powers, with the United States, Russia, China, India, France, and Great Britain.
We have never officially admitted it, (but everyone knows it) and say that only 60 years ago, we were led, ashamed and hopeless, to slaughter!
We have extirpated the smoking ruins of Europe. We have won our wars here with less than nothing. We built our little “Empire” from nothing. Who’s Hamas to scare me? To terrify me? You make me laugh!
Passover was celebrated; let’s not forget what this is about:
We survived Pharaoh
We survived the Greeks
We survived the Romans
We survived the inquisition in Spain
We have the pogroms in Russia
We survived Hitler
We survived the Germans
We survived the Holocaust
We survived the armies of seven Arab countries
We survived Saddam
We will continue to survive the enemies present today too.
Think of any time in human history. Think about it, for us, the Jewish people, the situation has never been better! Then let’s face the world.
Let us remember: all nations or cultures who once tried to destroy us no longer exist today – while we still live!
Egypt? The Greeks? Alexander of Macedonia? The Romans? (Does anyone still speak Latin these days?). The Third Reich?
And look at us: the Bible Nation, the slaves of Egypt; we are still here. And we speak the same language, then, and now! Arabs don’t know yet, but they will learn that there is a God…as long as we keep our identity, we are forever.
So forgive us for not worrying. Not to cry. Not to be afraid. Things are fine here. They could certainly get better.
However, don’t believe the media; they don’t tell you that parties continue to take place, people continue to live, people keep coming out, people continue to see friends.
Yes, our morale is low. So what? Only because we mourn our deaths, while others rejoice in the blood shed. That is why we will win, in the end.
He never sleeps or will ever sleep…the Guardian of Israel, Yahweh God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Forward this speech to the whole community, and to people around the world. They are part of our strength.
