PHOTOS: Israel celebrates 66-years of independence
May 6, 2014
An Israeli boy plays with an M-16 rifle during a traditional military weapon display to mark the 66th anniversary of Israel's Independence at the West Bank settlement of Efrat on May 6, 2014 near the biblical city of Bethlehem. Israelis are marking Independence Day, celebrating the 66th year since the founding of the Jewish State in 1948 according to the Jewish calendar. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON ( 529528803 )
An Israeli man shows his son how to work a machine gun during a traditional military weapon display to mark the 66th anniversary of Israel's Independence at the West Bank settlement of Efrat on May 6, 2014 near the biblical city of Bethlehem. Israelis are marking Independence Day, celebrating the 66th year since the founding of the Jewish State in 1948 according to the Jewish calendar. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON ( 529527613 )
An Israeli child holds a rocket launcher as another holds her doll during a traditional military weapon display to mark the 66th anniversary of Israel's Independence at the West Bank settlement of Efrat on May 6, 2014 near the biblical city of Bethlehem. Israelis are marking Independence Day, celebrating the 66th year since the founding of the Jewish State in 1948 according to the Jewish calendar. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON ( 529527620 )
An Israeli boy dresses wearing a military vest throws a mock granade during a traditional military weapon display to mark the 66th anniversary of Israel's Independence at the West Bank settlement of Efrat on May 6, 2014 near the biblical city of Bethlehem. Israelis are marking Independence Day, celebrating the 66th year since the founding of the Jewish State in 1948 according to the Jewish calendar. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON ( 529527743 )
An Israeli woman holds up an M-16 rifle during a traditional military weapon display to mark the 66th anniversary of Israel's Independence at the West Bank settlement of Efrat on May 6, 2014 near the biblical city of Bethlehem. Israelis are marking Independence Day, celebrating the 66th year since the founding of the Jewish State in 1948 according to the Jewish calendar. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON ( 529527769 )
An Israeli boy jumps from an Armoured Personnel Carrier during a traditional military weapon display to mark the 66th anniversary of Israel's Independence at the West Bank settlement of Efrat on May 6, 2014 near the biblical city of Bethlehem. Israelis are marking Independence Day, celebrating the 66th year since the founding of the Jewish State in 1948 according to the Jewish calendar. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON ( 529527764 )
An Israeli man shows his son how to work an M-16 rifle during a traditional military weapon display to mark the 66th anniversary of Israel's Independence at the West Bank settlement of Efrat on May 6, 2014 near the biblical city of Bethlehem. Israelis are marking Independence Day, celebrating the 66th year since the founding of the Jewish State in 1948 according to the Jewish calendar. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON ( 529527623 )
An Israeli boy wearing a military vest crawls on the sand during a traditional military weapon display to mark the 66th anniversary of Israel's Independence at the West Bank settlement of Efrat on May 6, 2014 near the biblical city of Bethlehem. Israelis are marking Independence Day, celebrating the 66th year since the founding of the Jewish State in 1948 according to the Jewish calendar. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON ( 529527758 )
Israeli Air Force military cargo airplane C-130J Super Hercules, right, and Hercules C-130, left, fly over the city of Tel Aviv during an air show celebrating Independence Day Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Israel is celebrating its annual Independence Day, marking 66 years since the founding of the state in 1948. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) ( Mideast Israel Independence Day )
Israelis gather to watch an air show performed by the air force, over the beach in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv, on May 6, 2014 as Israel marks Independence Day, 66 years after the modern Jewish state was established. Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion declared the existence of the State of Israel in Tel Aviv in 1948, ending the British mandate. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZJ ( 529526062 )
Israelis gather to watch an air show performed by the air force, over the beach in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv, on May 6, 2014 as Israel marks Independence Day, 66 years after the modern Jewish state was established. Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion declared the existence of the State of Israel in Tel Aviv in 1948, ending the British mandate. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ ( 529525978 )
An Israeli man attends celebrations during Independence Day in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Israel is celebrating its annual Independence Day, marking 66 years since the founding of the state in 1948. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) ( Mideast Israel Independence Day )
People stand on the beach in the Mediterranean sea as they wait for the military air show marking the 66th anniversary of Israel's independence to start on May 6, 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The day marks when David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization declared the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz- Israel. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 488415483 )
An Israeli man flies a kite with his children on the beach in the Mediterranean sea as people wait for the military air show marking the 66th anniversary of Israel's independence to start on May 6, 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The day marks when David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization declared the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz- Israel. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 488415467 )
A young boy plays with a plane-shaped balloon on the beach in the Mediterranean sea as people wait for the military air show marking the 66th anniversary of Israel's independence to start on May 6, 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The day marks when David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization declared the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz- Israel. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 488415473 )
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