MK Pnina Tamano Shata (Blue & White) wrote on Twitter, in relation to Independence Day that:
"Independence Day for me symbolizes the resurrection of Israel after an exile of 2,000 years, the destruction of the Holocaust and endless wandering in the diaspora. Independence Day in my eyes is also a reminder for all of us, who have come to live here together in the land of Israel with all that unites and distinguished, in our only real home as a nation."