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'Light is Stronger Than Ever': 70 Years of Israel's Statehood in Pictures

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Israel has plunged into a two-day celebration of its 70th Independence Day, which was preceded by an annual solemn mourning ceremony in honor of soldiers fallen in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, which began the day after the state’s establishment.

Joy and festivities across Israel started with a traditional torch-lighting ceremony and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opening speech in Jerusalem, marking the Jewish state's 70th Independence Day. 

“All the ancient peoples who were exiled from their lands vanished and scattered all over the place. Only we, the Jewish people, who were like a leaf blown away in the storm of exile, refused to disappear and remained faithful to Zion. In the year 70 AD the menorah went out, but today on Israel’s 70th anniversary, the menorah is our country’s symbol and its light is stronger than ever,” he said, promising not to let anyone "extinguish" Israel's "light."

Sputnik has looked through the milestones of Israel's history over seventy years.

© AP PhotoCabinet Ministers of the new state of Israel are seen on May 14, 1948, at a ceremony at the Tel Aviv Art Museum, marking the creation of the new state.
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Cabinet Ministers of the new state of Israel are seen on May 14, 1948, at a ceremony at the Tel Aviv Art Museum, marking the creation of the new state.
© AP Photo / Jim PringleArab refugees stream from Palestine on the Lebanon road, Nov. 4, 1948. Around 750,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were displaced as a result of the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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Arab refugees stream from Palestine on the Lebanon road, Nov. 4, 1948. Around 750,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were displaced as a result of the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
© AP PhotoAdolf Eichmann, former Gestapo officer, on trial, August 8, 1961 in Jerusalem for crimes in World War II, takes notes as Israel's chief prosecutor sums up the case against him.
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Adolf Eichmann, former Gestapo officer, on trial, August 8, 1961 in Jerusalem for crimes in World War II, takes notes as Israel's chief prosecutor sums up the case against him.
© AFP 2023 / MOSHE MILNER / GPO An Israeli unit moves on the Golan Heights 11 June 1967 during the Six-Day War between Israel and Arab nations - six days that dramatically changed the landscape of the Middle East. As a result of the war, Israel seized numerous Arab territories, including the West Bank, the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula.
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An Israeli unit moves on the Golan Heights 11 June 1967 during the Six-Day War between Israel and Arab nations - six days that dramatically changed the landscape of the Middle East. As a result of the war, Israel seized numerous Arab territories, including the West Bank, the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula.
© AP Photo / NashA mother and her daughter embrace when the latter arrived at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport after Israeli paratroopers freed her and other hostages aboard an Air France jet at Uganda's Entebbe Airport earlier in the day, July 4, 1976.
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A mother and her daughter embrace when the latter arrived at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport after Israeli paratroopers freed her and other hostages aboard an Air France jet at Uganda's Entebbe Airport earlier in the day, July 4, 1976.
© AP Photo / Ron EdmondsPresident Bill Clinton presides over ceremonies marking the signing of the 1993 peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians on the White House lawn with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, right.
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President Bill Clinton presides over ceremonies marking the signing of the 1993 peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians on the White House lawn with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, right.
© AP Photo / Eyal WarshavkskyIsraeli soldiers carry the flag-draped coffin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Monday, November 6, 1995 from the Knesset where it laid at state to be brought to its final resting place at Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem.
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Israeli soldiers carry the flag-draped coffin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Monday, November 6, 1995 from the Knesset where it laid at state to be brought to its final resting place at Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem.
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