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  • Ambassador Oren Remarks to Mark July 4th, U.S. Independence Day (Israel's Amb. to USA)

    07/02/2011 12:30:38 AM PDT · by Stoat · 8 replies
    Embassy of Israel, Washington D.C. ^ | July 1, 2011 | Michael Oren (Israel's Ambassador to the United States)
       Ambassador Oren Remarks to Mark July 4th, U.S. Independence Day  Friday, 01 July 2011 14:26    July 4th is, of course, a special day for Americans, and we Israelis celebrate it as well. We celebrate with you because America’s independence is essential to Israel’s independence. Your love of liberty is the same as ours and our reverence for democracy is identical. We rejoice because your Founding Fathers were inspired by our Founding Fathers.Back in 1776, American patriots compared King George III to the ancient Pharaoh who enslaved the Jews. George Washington, in their minds, was Moses and John Adams...