Independence

Pro-Scottish independence social media accounts go silent during Iran internet shutdown

Pro-Scottish independence accounts on X abruptly stopped posting after Iran shut down internet access, fueling claims they were Iranian bots interfering in UK politics, The Telegraph reported.

Protesters fly Iranian and Palestinian flags at a rally denouncing Israeli airstrikes on Iran, Glasgow, Scotland, June 23, 2025.
The South Yemen flag flies as soldiers from the Southern Transitional Council stand guard outside the compound of the Presidential Palace in Aden, Yemen, December 9, 2025.

UAE-backed forces seize South Yemen oil belt, reshaping war and Gulf power balance - analysis

A delegation of 100 Druze leaders from Syria visits northern Israel for the first time since 1973 on March 14, 2025. Israeli Druze proudly wave their own national flag alongside the Israeli flag in festivals and ceremonies, the writer points out.

Druze in Syria consolidate control - but will they seek independence? - analysis

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Israeli and American flags flown near the US Capitol.

Exclusive: Benjamin Netanyahu's 4th of July message to the American people


Yehuda Poliker, Avi Nesher to light torches on Independence Day

Miri Regev surprises singer with the news at Herzliya show.

Avi Nesher

Modi’s outreach: Identity and realist foreign policy

This model of governance for more than 70 years with the Indian National Congress Party had left the electorate aching for a change from both the policy and the Nehruvian dynasty.

A Naga Sadhu or a Hindu holy man is covered in ashes as he participates in a procession before the second "Shahi Snan" (grand bath) at "Kumbh Mela" or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India, February 4, 2019.

Why a Bible-toting British officer is an Israeli hero 75 years after dying

Few non-Jews and even fewer British soldiers are regarded as highly in Israel as Orde Charles Wingate.

Orde Wingate 150

From 1947 to 2018 – the miracles of November 29

November 29, 1947, marked one of the greatest milestones along the road to realizing the miracle of the modern Jewish state.

Jews crowd onto a British army armoured car as they celebrate in downtown Jerusalem the morning after the United Nations voted on November 29, 1947 to partition Palestine which paved the way for the creation of the State of Israel on May 15, 1948.

Kurdistan must take responsibility for its own independence

Kurdistan must take responsibility for its own independence.

A BOY rides a bicycle with the flag of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq.

Kurdistan must take responsibility for its own independence

Kurdistan must take responsibility for its own independence.

A BOY rides a bicycle with the flag of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq.

U.S. fighter pilot who was Israeli war veteran to be buried in Arlington

Lichtman, who died in March at 94 and was buried in Hollywood, Florida, will be interred Friday at the cemetery in suburban Washington, DC.

Prince Harry of Britain visits Arlington National Cemetery

Ze’ev Jabotinsky, his legacy and importance in Zionism

Many ideas that he wrote about in the 1920s and 1930s have now come to fruition such as the concept of individual and national pride, evident in his phrase, “every individual is a king.”

VLADIMIR JABOTINSKY (center left) visits Pinsk, Poland, in 1933 with Menachem Begin (right)

Cultural diplomacy

The Philadelphia Orchestra will honor Israel’s 70th

The Philadelphia Orchestra

April 25, 2018: Thinking confederation

A confederation is a form of government in which constituent states maintain their independence while amalgamating certain aspects of administration, such as security or commerce.

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