While the Jewish state has faced incredible challenges in its brief history, it has overcome them only because past leaders believed in more than simply amassing power.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot in the 2013 election[File](photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)ByCHARLES BYBELEZER
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