Independence Day

At 78, is Israel really an independent state? - opinion

This Passover was different from others because we spent too much of it in bomb shelters, pondering whether during such confinement we were truly free.

COVID WAS the only time when Israel acted as though it were a small island with no neighbors. Pictured: Prepping a vaccine
ISRAELI PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu attend a welcoming ceremony for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on February 25, 2026.

Prime Minister's wife should light Independence Day torch, Knesset member declares

US President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026.

'Historic decision': Kisch invites Trump to attend Israel Prize ceremony on Independence Day

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks to reporters over the North Atlantic as he returns to Washington from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, aboard Air Force One, US, January 22, 2026.

Trump plans world’s biggest arch to commemorate 250 years since US independence - report


Activist group vandalizes Knesset menorah with blood, fake corpses to protest war in Gaza

The group also left signs reading , “Celebrating 77 years of Jewish supremacy and ethnic cleansing” and “Isolate Israel! Stop the genocide.”

 Activists from the group ‘Free Jerusalem’ placed blood-splattered effigies shaped like corpses in front of the Knesset Menorah, May 1, 2025.

IDF preparing to deliver a 'decisive blow' against Hamas, IDF chief Zamir says at soldiers ceremony

The purpose of the ceremony is to honor outstanding soldiers in the IDF.

IDF expanded their military acticity in the area of Daraj Tuffah in Gaza City to expand the security zone in the area on April 12, 2025.

Victory over Hamas most important war goal says Netanyahu, hostage families respond

Netanyahu also announced that 18 suspects have been arrested over arson related to Wednesday's wildfires.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu – no longer brave.

Independence Day 2025: A 'conversation' with great figures of Israeli, Zionist history - opinion

My questions, their words – genuine quotes spanning 130 years of vision and anticipation.

 AN AI-GENERATE image of a theoretical Zoom chat with some of the visionaries who helped create modern-day Israel.

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

Coming home: Four families of new olim share what drove them to move to Israel

Who are these new olim (immigrants to Israel) arriving in a country at war with little more than some suitcases and conversational Hebrew?

 Anna Maslennikova, Dima Gendin, and their family.

NY family makes aliyah to southern Israel days before nation’s 77th Independence Day

The Siegmans from Queens landed in Israel with help from Nefesh B’Nefesh, choosing to settle in Kiryat Gat just before Yom Ha’atzmaut.

 The Siegman family arrived at Ben Gurion Airport with the help of Nefesh B’Nefesh, alongside 11 other new immigrants from North America.

Jerusalem air quality among worst in world amid fires - report

IQAir recorded the degradation of air quality as the wildfires spread throughout Israel.

Current air quality ranking

Nations at 77: A global snapshot of growing pains and triumphs throughout history

Israel's 77th year finds it grappling with internal divisions over judicial reform, war, and national identity, yet is still on the pathway to success. How did other nations fare?

 EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Hosni Mubarak was re-elected in 1999 with 93% of the vote, an election which saw no real opposition.

Ex-justice minister: Israel's internal battle not on Left vs Right, but democratic values

Dan Meridor decries the state of present-day Israel but expresses hope for the future. ‘This is the project of a lifetime.’

 Dan Meridor.