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Israel Independence Day: 1948 calls out to a broken 2025 - opinion

We are sailing together on the same ship of history, and without shared purpose and collective effort we will struggle to move forward.

 Operation Horev, 1948
 YEHUDA BAUER

Global Jewry pays tribute to professor and Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer

 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

 David Ben-Gurion mentioned in one of the census files unveiled by the State Archive on June 5, 2024.

Mapping shelters and prepping for war: State Archives publishes 1948 Jerusalem census files


Let's focus on our wins not our woes this Independence Day - opinion

Israel Independence Day must lead to an opportunity to negate the misleading, Palestinian-centered tale of woe, to return us to the Jewish story and the Zionist tale of redemption.

 MIRIAM PERETZ, who lost two soldier-sons, one in South Lebanon and one in Gaza, continues to celebrate holidays and to love life, the writer notes.

World leaders congratulate Israel's 76th Independence Day in the shadow of Gaza war

"As the first country to recognize Israel as an independent state in 1948, our bonds are underpinned by shared democratic values, common interests, and cultural affinities," Biden said.

Staff at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem wave at the IAF flyover on Independence Day.

76 years of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

No other top-flight orchestra in the world is so closely identified with its constituency as the Israel Philharmonic.

 The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performing at the ZOA House in Tel Aviv, August 1, 1953

Thank you Hagana, for leading Jewish insurgency and securing the Israeli state - opinion

We owe an enormous debt to the brave members of the Hagana. So, on Independence Day, let us sing their praises with gusto.

 HAGANA POSTER, 1940s.

On This Day in 1948: Israel crosses Egyptian border en route to independence

Operation Horev was the last operation on the Egyptian front during the war, helping Israel recapture the Negev and expelled the Egyptian military from Israel’s territory.

 Operation Horev, 1948

A young ‘pigeoneer’ in Israel's War of Independence

Yehudit Entin is remembered in the National Library of Israel’s Operation Diary Project, which aims to tell the story of Israel from a collective perspective.

 YEHUDIT ENTIN with a messenger pigeon.

Esther Cailingold: The woman of destiny who fought for Israel

Esther Cailingold was one of a small number of women who fought in Israel's War of Independence.

 Esther: Armed in the Old City.

Editor's Notes: These are our values

As I take the helm of this remarkable paper, I would like to take the opportunity to share our values with you.

 THE TOP headline in The Palestine Post of February 2, 1948, tells of the bombing of the newspaper’s offices.

The demography of Israel after 75 years - opinion

Over time, the population of Israel has increased to just over two million in 1960, about four million in 1980, nearly six and a half million at the turn of the current century.

 FRENCH JEWS arrive on aliyah at Ben-Gurion Airport, including a person who kisses the ground of Israel. Today, more than four out of every 10 Jews in the world live in Israel.

How is Jerusalem's sewage regulated? - new report

The goal was to restore its natural resources, a task estimated at 1 billion shekels. For the first time, the regulation of sewage from eastern Jerusalem is nearing completion.

 Floods following a few days of heavy rain, in Nahal Kidron, in the Judean desert. November 27, 2014.

Archival records show planned US embassy located on Palestinian property - Arab NGO

Lease agreements and maps show Palestinians owned land designated for a new US embassy in Jerusalem, according to Israeli-based Arab rights NGO Adalah.

The US Embassy in Jerusalem