Israel's Declaration of Independance

Jewish war photographer Robert Capa's life and work honored in Budapest

Capa's tumultuous and all-too-brief life symbolizes the cosmopolitan and tragic Central European milieu of Budapest Jewry in the 20th century.

Robert Capa
 An excerpt of David Ben-Gurion's diary.

Rare handwritten diary entry by David Ben-Gurion from Israel's founding day revealed

 THE WRITER (center, wearing a cap) attends a Nifgashim gathering in Tel Aviv. Despite all the hardships and losses, the people of Israel reveal their courage, the writer asserts.

76 years of hope: Reflecting on Israel's journey from pioneers to modern unity - opinion

Druze fighter with a Druze flag in Gaza

New Druze reservist association to tackle challenges faced by group - interview


Anti-Zionism is antisemitism is anti-Americanism - opinion

A rejection of Israel’s Declaration of Independence and its right to exist is a rejection of America’s Declaration of Independence and its right to exist.

 PROTESTERS BURN an Israeli and a US flag in Tehran, earlier this year. The Iranian cyber threat is especially troubling for the Jewish Diaspora, which Iran targets as part of its broader agenda, encapsulated in its chilling slogan: ‘Death to America, Death to Israel,’ says the writer.

The Left's attempts to ruin Independence Day thankfully failed - opinion

Whilst the hard left rejected Independence Day, most Israelis set out into Israel’s streets and parks to celebrate.

 CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE Day in Tel Aviv: Fortunately, most Israelis clearly rejected the rejectionist, dangerously debilitating narrative, and set out into Israel’s streets and parks to mark the day, the writer asserts.

Thanks to the UN's bias against Israel, Islamic extremism reached Europe - opinion

Why do countries not wake up and see what is already happening in European countries, with Islamic enclaves established by the refugees that even the local police are afraid to enter?

 THE UN Security Council meets, last month, prior to voting on a resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire for Ramadan leading to a permanent sustainable ceasefire and for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. The resolution passed.

World Zionist Organization bars candidates opposing a Jewish, democratic Israel

Supporters of the proposal said that the constitutional changes would prevent non-Zionist factions from influencing or controlling WZO budgets and institutions.

 WZO Vice Chairman Dr. Yizhar Hess

Why we’re standing with Israel: A Latter-day Saint view - opinion

As Christians who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we feel compelled to express our support for Israel’s existence as a matter of personal faith and principles.

 TALI KIZHNER mourns in the bomb shelter where her son Segev sought refuge before he was killed in the October 7 massacre carried out by Hamas, in Re’im, near Gaza. ‘We stand with Israel in defending its God-given destiny,’ the writers declare.

Judaism, truth, and the prime minister - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements regarding security issues at the press conference on December 2 miss the mark.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu attends a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv.

Israel's Declaration of Independence includes all - opinion

Israel is both a Jewish state and a democracy and should aim to unite all identities.

 FAMILY AND FRIENDS of IDF solider Adi Malik mourn at his funeral in the Druze village of Beit Jann on Sunday, after he was killed during the ground operation in the Gaza strip

Druze spiritual leader urges Netanyahu to adjust Nation-State Law

"Now is the time for the government and the Knesset to initiate a change to the Nation-State Law and repair the historical distortion regarding the Druze community," Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif wrote.

 Mowafaq Tarif, head of the Druze community in Israel at a ceremony held for outgoign Supreme Court judge George Karra, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022.

Today's political debate over the judiciary is crucial to our future - opinion

The gift of the founding generation must not be squandered.

 The High Court hearing of the government's judicial reform reasonableness bill on September 12, 2023

If the Declaration of Independence falls, Israeli unity will fall too - opinion

This last bastion of consensus is under attack. If it succeeds, there will no longer be any text around which the State of Israel and Israeli society can unite.

 THE ORIGINAL scroll of the Declaration of Independence: The words are not a hastily drafted text; they are constitutive words, the writer argues.

Gallant defends Declaration of Independence as first chapter of unwritten constitution

The Declaration has seen renewed significance in recent months, used as a rallying banner by anti-judicial reform factions in opposition to the legal overhaul.

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.