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


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.

Does the Declaration of Independence allow court to strike basic laws?

Reformists and coalition politicians will need to shore up their arguments as to why the court doesn't have the right to engage in a review of basic laws.

 FIRST PRIME MINISTER David Ben-Gurion reads Israel’s Declaration of Independence in Tel Aviv, on May 14, 1948

Israeli Declaration of Independence displayed on WZO building

The decision of promoting the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the World Zionist Congress; and was promoted by the liberal factions of the Zionist Movement.

The World Zionist Organization building in Tel Aviv, overlooking Leonardo da Vinci Street, displayes the Declaration of Independence September 12, 2023

Israel's government attorney questions 'hasty' Declaration of Independence

Justice Yitzhak Amit said that democracy doesn’t usually die all at once, “democracy dies in small steps.”

 A colorized image of David Ben-Gurion reading Israel’s Declaration of Independence in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948.

Israel's Declaration of Independence is a worthy document, not a billboard - opinion

On Israel’s Declaration of Independence

A copy of the Declaration of Independence hangs from the Brain Research Building on the Bar-Ilan University campus.