Frustration After 60 years

Photo of Star of David in the center of an artwork made by Ness Ziona painter Yossi Regev is courtesy of Yossi Regev.
Copyright: Yossi Regev 2007
My first impression was that the things that the state of Israel is going through are so bad that it's better to pass through them with eyes closed.

Yossi is the son of Holocaust survivors. In this work he tried to express their frustration from what is going on in Israel after 60 years since they came here.

Stamp from Holland

Holland issued a peace promoting stamp, which incorporated the Hexagram. Photo is courtesy of Zerach from Hebrew stamps collectors’ forum called Collect.

Egyptian Stamp

Photo of Star of David pattern on an Egyptian Stamp is courtesy of Zerach from Hebrew stamps collectors’ forum called Collect.

Lilien Blessing

Gideon From a stamps-collector's-Forum called Collect brought me Ephraim Moshe Lilien's book Lieder Des Ghetto. The book is from 1902.
We see hands blessing the Star of David in the first pages of the book.
This illustration shows very clearly the importance of the Star of David for Lilien, who was known later as "the first Zionist painter".

Herzl Stamp

Photo of Star of David on the tab of Herzl Stamp issued on 1954 is courtesy of Ronik from stamps collectors’ forum called Collect. On the body of the stamp appear 7 white stars representing 7 hours of work Herzl dreamed the laborer in the new state would work. R. Erel designed this stamp.

The Good Fence

Photo of Star of David alonside the Lebanese Cedar on a cancel from 1980 is courtesy of Ronik from Hebrew stamps collectors Forum called Collect.
From wikipedia entry: The Good Fence:

The Good Fence is a popular term for Israel's northern border with Lebanon during the period following the Lebanese Civil War during which southern Lebanon was controlled by the Maronite Christians and the South Lebanon Army, friendly to Israel.

Stamp From Trinidad

Gideon from Israeli stamps collectors' Forum named Collect showed me this stamp From Trinidad, which has a hexagram on each of its corners. What is the connection between Trinidad and the hexagram?

E. Turkowski from Antwerp wrote in his article Magen David on stamps, (the Holy Land philatelist, vol III July 1957 p. 738-739):

The philatelic aspect of a thematic collection must… show two headings: on the one hand Israel (and Judaica) on the other non-Jewish items. 

To call any part of our collection “shields of David used abroad” could apply only where such items could be part of our “Judaica”. On all others, six pointed stars have no relation to the Magen David, and, so to describe those figuring, say on stamps of Morocco, is definitely misleading.

E. Turkowski Also  mentions that the appearance of six pointed stars on Trinidad stamps is explained by the fact that Trinidad is the Spanish word for Trinity.  (And the triangles of the six-pointed star represent the Trinity). 

Thanks to Dobush who sent me this article.