Israel
National Anthem
The Hope
As long as in the
heart, within,
A Jewish soul still
yearns,
And onward, towards
the ends of the east,
An eye still looks
toward Zion;
Our
hope is not yet lost,
The ancient hope,
To return to the land
of our fathers,
The city where David
encamped.
As
long as tears from
our eyes
Flow like benevolent
rain,
And throngs of our
countrymen
Still pay homage at
the graves of (our)
fathers;
As
long as our precious
Wall
Appears before our
eyes,
And over the destruction
of our Temple
An eye still wells
up with tears;
As
long as the waters
of the Jordan
In fullness swell
its banks,
And (down) to the
Sea of Galilee
With tumultuous noise
fall;
As long as on the
barren highways
The humbled city gates
mark,
And among the ruins
of Jerusalem
A daughter of Zion
still cries;
As
long as pure tears
Flow from the eye
of a daughter of my
nation,
And to mourn for Zion
at the watch of night
She still rises in
the middle of the
nights;
As
long as drops of blood
in our veins
Flow back and forth,
And upon the graves
of our fathers
Dewdrops still fall;
As
long as the feeling
of love of nation
Throbs in the heart
of the Jew,
We can still hope
even today
That a wrathful God
may still have mercy
on us;
Hear,
O my brothers in the
lands of exile,
The voice of one of
our visionaries,
(Who declares) That
only with the very
last Jew —
Only there is the
end of our hope!
You people, peace
for your country again
Balm in Gilead, Jerusalem
doctor,
Your healer is God,
the wisdom of His
heart,
Go my people in peace,
healing is imminent...
Source
Capital
Jerusalem (declared,
de facto)
Independence
Day
May
14 1948
Emergency
numbers
Ambulance:
101
Fire: 102
Police: 100
Bordering
countries
Egypt, Gaza Strip
(state of palestine),
Jordan, Lebanon, Syria,
West Bank
Maritime boundaries