Israelis went to beaches, parks and picnic grounds to celebrate their two-day holiday marking Israel’s 50th anniversary. But within Israel’s fervently Orthodox community, where there is the belief that the Jewish state should not have been created until the coming of the Messiah, many refused to celebrate.
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