The fact that the Jewish people are still here, and stronger than ever, is a puzzle to most of the world. Alistair Heath, the Editor of the Daily Telegraph in London and one of the most respected voices in British journalism, recently tackled this mystery. He looked at the situation not through the lens of religion, but through cold facts, politics, and economics.

He noticed a massive contradiction: a tiny, ancient nation is simply not supposed to be this powerful. By every normal rule of history, a people scattered for 2,000 years, returning to a dry desert with no natural resources, should have struggled just to subsist. Instead, they lead the pack in medicine, farming, and high-tech defense. Heath reached a conclusion that shakes up the secular mind. He wrote: “If the survival of Israel is not just impressive—but perhaps also Divine—everything changes… then perhaps G-d is not a myth. Perhaps He is........

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