Knesset speaker lauds Israeli diversity at torch-lighting ceremony

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein praised Israeli complexity and diversity in his opening address at the torch-lighting ceremony in Jerusalem marking Israel’s 70th Independence Day.

“Diversity is our strength and complexity is the fuel to our engine of growth,” he declares.

Edelstein highlights the country’s growth over the past 70 years.

“Together we once grew Jaffa oranges and together we now raise engineered cherry tomatoes,” he says. “Together we have developed a democratic oasis, and together we have transformed our tiny country into a global technological power that is led by justice and morality.”

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein addresses the annual Independence Day ceremony at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl military cemetery, April 18, 2018 (screen capture: GPO)

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