Hatikva: The Song of Hope

The words of Israel's national anthem were written as a nine-stanza poem by poet Naftali Herz Imber and were first published in 1876 or 1877 (the exact date is unknown). It served as the anthem of the Zionist Movement at the 18th Zionist Congress in 1933. When the State of Israel was established, the first stanza and refrain were adopted as the national anthem. Until 2004, Hatikva was not officially the national anthem when it was rooted in the "Flag and Emblem Law" of 1949 which then became the "Flag, Emblem, and National Anthem Law, 5709-1949."

Sea Of Galilee (Kinneret) rising

208.985 meters

The Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) has risen 1.5 centimeters over the past 24-hours to -208.985 meters below sea level, its highest level for 16 years, the Israel Water Authority reports. The level of the freshwater lake is just 18.5 centimeters from its maximum level of 208.80 meters below sea level.

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the most vulnerable