War of Independence
Avraham Saide: The 100th anniversary of British-Palestinian passport No. 1
Avraham Saide grew up wearing a Turkish fez before donning a British trilby, and obtaining, upon request, the first known passport issued during the British Mandatory rule.
Clearing the shadow: Celebrated American Col. David ‘Mickey’ Marcus’s true contribution to the IDF
The Palestinian national movement has yet to accept Israel’s right to exist - opinion
King Abdullah’s UN attack on Israel overlooks Jordan’s own troubled history - opinion
On this day: First ever election to the Knesset held in 1949
David Ben-Gurion won the elections and became Israel's first prime minister and Chaim Weizmann became Israel's first president.
Graves of 2 fallen soldiers from War of Independence found
Binyamin Eisenberg and Yitzhak Rubinstein were killed in the battle for Kibbutz Yad Mordechai.
Rolf Eden, Germany’s leading playboy who fought for Israel, dies at 92
Eden settled in West Berlin in 1956, beginning a career in entertainment that gave him the reputation as an “eternal playboy” and “king of nightlife” in Berlin.
The death of a unique Israeli ethos - opinion
The lofty ethos that motivated thousands of soldiers to risk their lives in the face of the enemy is now clearly dead.
Israel’s place on the global scale 74 years later - opinion
After almost three-quarters of a century, it’s time for us to recognize that our state is no longer just a local power – we must venture further and consider our impact on the whole world.
The story of the daring pilot Zahara Levitov
Zahara Levitov was a Palmach fighter and among the first women to fly planes in the newly established IDF, but her service was cut short by a tragic crash.
Israel Independence: Remembering a failed attack on Jaffa Gate in 1948
It was like somebody watching in a theater when the plot had become complicated and unsolvable, and knowing that now the turn of the deus ex machina had arrived, except I was the one on the stage.
Ukrainian resistance echoes Israel's resistance in War of Independence - opinion
The war in Ukraine has a number of similarities to the War of Independence in 1948.
Harold ‘Smoky’ Simon dies at 101
Mahal legend and former IAF COO Harold 'Smoky' Simon dies at the ripe age of 101
A Jerusalem plaza has been named for David Rakia. Who is he?
Rakia, who fled Nazi Austria and took Jerusalem into his heart, soul and art, now has his own spot in the city that meant so much to him.
