Arguably, no country has been scrutinized more by world leaders, given as much prominent attention by the media, or denounced more often by the United Nations. The latter especially has been the case since the Six-Day War of June 1967, when Israel transformed itself from a mostly admired tenacious underdog to a maligned military power and occupier. And, second, from the moment Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948, its actions have been placed under a microscope by much of the world and judged critically, usually by double standards. First, it has been perpetually on alert from attack by neighbouring Arab states (though several, most notably Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994, have agreed to peace terms) by Iran, an avowed enemy since the mid-1990s that has used Hezbollah militants in Lebanon as its proxy and by Palestinian militants and terrorists, who have never accepted the legitimacy of Israel’s existence. Over the past 75 years, there have been two main constants for the state of Israel. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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