It has been independent since May 14, 1948.
china has gained independence.
Brazil is an independent country. The Independence of Brazil is celebrated on September 7.
The US is an independent country. It has been for over 200 years. It fought for its independence, just as any county would have done. No country wants to belong to another country, so the US fought for independence and got it. Since then it has developed and enlarged.
Israel is a country in Asia.
Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland is independent.
Israel is an independent, sovereign nation, with its own government, political system, popularly elected legislature, currency, etc. It does not 'belong' to any other nation, although several of its close neighbors might like to change that.
No countries belong to another country. If that was the case then the "country" wouldn't be a country.
No, Norway is an independent country.
Suriname doesn't belong to any country. It's an independent country. The Netherlands granted independence to Suriname on November 25, 1975.
No, France has never been a colony of another country.
Theoretically Romania is an independent country.
The Jews belonged to the various countries of which they were (or are) citizens. Until the foundation of Israel they didn't have a specifically Jewish country.