I guess when you have been a victim for 3.500 years, getting used to be a powerful country, is not easy.

For so long, have we been at the mercy of the powers we stood under.

Not anymore, we have an army unrivaled in the world, our sway over the economic sphere is extremely strong.

We are not a victim anymore. We are a power to be truly recognized by the world.

It makes sense, coming from under the dark shadow of the Holocaust.

But it does change our true status in the world. From victims to a powerful nation.

However the mindset change that will eventually come with this new situation is hard. We still see ourselves as victims, but we are not victims, when we are able to wield massive armies.

Luckily we have some basic lore and experience from the last time we held Israel, preserved through time to reach us now. The ancient prophecy is, that we should be “The light upon the nations”. This is a tactic that the ancient kings of Israel used to make Israel sustainable. Sharing knowledge and helping our neighbors. We had a good relationship to Lebanon. The Phoenicians helped us build the temple.

They shared a lot of their wisdom with us as well. The Phoenicians made the alphabet, were the first traders, and a lot of other things.

To get back in that track, being a good neighbor, is very difficult. Because we have to change our mindset. But it is something we need to do. We have help from the ancient Israelites. But we need to discuss and reflect on the ancient paradigms and ideas, to use it today.

Off cause we need to defend ourselves. But we also need to be a responsible world power. That is what we are. When you have the fourth most powerful army in the world, you are not weak, you are a power to be reckoned with.

G-d bless the will for Israel to survive and evolve along the lines of the first Israel. Being “The light upon the nations”. May we prevail.