Icons

[taffimai]

I wanted some icons showing my support for Israel, so I made these. They read "עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי" which means "The nation of Israel lives." They are shareable, so feel free to grab one if you like. There is an article on the graffiti used here.







ETA: "The nation of Israel lives" is a literal translation. The phrase can be translated more colloquially as "The Jewish people live." Which kind of says it all, doesn't it?

Comments

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

....had someone defriend me

That's a bit rich!! Obviously they didn't know you like at all.

I prefer the colloquial translation (and did not know it could be translated thus) - while I might from time to time disagree with the actions of the State of Israel (the political entity), I would not like to think there could come a day when the Jewish people might cease to exist.

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

Ah, but the point is that the one phrase means both, demonstrating the point that the survival of the State of Israel is equivalent to the survival of the Jewish people in the minds of many Jews.

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

the survival of the State of Israel is equivalent to the survival of the Jewish people in the minds of many Jews.

I'm sure it is. I can't imagine being English without there being an England, even if I never lived there. To the people of a nation which has survived the loss of it's homeland, and retained their identity through such a long period of time, I'm sure it's even more true.