Israelis Celebrate Independence Day

An Israeli settler shows his son the gun on top of an army jeep in the Shomeron Army Base in the West Bank, near Nablus, April 26, 2012, on Israel's 64th Independence Day. Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion declared the State of Israel in 1948 in Tel Aviv, ending the rule of the British Mandate. UPI/Debbie Hill