War of Independence

Drafts of Ben-Gurion's 'Revolution of the Spirit' speech unveiled in honor of first PM's death

“This document is an invitation to rethink ‘the day after’ and what is required of us in our own day,” Director General of the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute, Eitan Donitz, said.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion
Operation Horev, 1948

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.

|ByMOSHE TARAGIN
Security forces arrive at the scene of a suspected terror attack near Elazar, in Gush Etzion, on March 21, 2024. Beyond its historical significance, Gush Etzion is a critical asset for Israel’s future, the writer explains.

Settler leader to 'Post': Gush Etzion is a critical asset for Israel’s future - opinion

Gush Etzion is not just another region – it is a cornerstone of our national story. The time to strengthen it is now. Now is the time for Gush Etzion. Let’s seize it.

|ByYARON ROSENTHAL
A flight from Aden, Yemen, to the newly formed State of Israel during Operation Magic Carpet, which brought thousands of Yemeni Jews to the Holy Land (1949-1950).

Palestinians should be resettled in Arab countries that expelled their Jews - opinion

Israel integrated Jews forced to join them from those Arab counties. If justice is to be done, those Palestinians should be relocated out of their refugee camps and resettled in those same countries.

|ByWALTER E. BLOCK

Building a state in the shadow of the Holocaust

“This time, I was not fighting for my personal survival. I was fighting for the survival of the Jewish nation, for the future of the Jewish nation.”

APRIL 13, 2018ByEYLON LEVY
Left: NOAH KLIEGER shows his Auschwitz number tattoo. Right: URI AVNERY in his army uniform from the War of Independence in 1948

Grapevine: A multi-year anniversary

Celebrating history.

APRIL 7, 2018ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Crowds of people celebrate the founding of Israel in 1948.

A Machal “Unit” Citation An official Thank you from Israel - an injustice of 70 years unrequited, and Israel’s future.

FEBRUARY 18, 2018ByJERRY KLINGER
The Jerusalem Post

Middle Israel: The poetry of primary warriors

“Remember our names forever.”

FEBRUARY 1, 2018ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
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.

Aborting was not an option

Remembering the Lamed-Heh on the 70th anniversary of the battle that killed 35 fighters trying to save Gush Etzion during the War of Independence

JANUARY 18, 2018ByGOL KALEV
THE GRAVES of the Convoy of 35 in Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl Cemetery

November 29 – the Jewish Thanksgiving Day

Finally, let us remind the Arab world that the UN voted for two states, not for a Jewish state only.

NOVEMBER 27, 2017ByJUDEA PEARL
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.

In the center of it all

Marking 70 years since the vote that changed history on November 29, 1947

NOVEMBER 22, 2017ByDAVID GEFFEN
Jews celebrate in the streets of Tel Aviv moments 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.

The Balfour declaration and Resolution 242

The documents provide a window into contrasting perspectives of the Arab-Israeli conflict and highlight the importance of the dual narrative.

OCTOBER 28, 2017ByMICHAEL COHEN
Lord Balfour declares the Hebrew University of Jerusalem open in painting by Leopold Pilichowski

Gutsy warriors: Eager Americans who joined Israel in the fight for its life

There were many tragic losses and times when things looked bleak.

OCTOBER 19, 2017ByELAINE MARGOLIN
American pilots who volunteered for Israel during the 1948 War of Independence.

Founding member of Israel's 101 Squadron dies at age of 94

Mitchell Flint volunteered to fly for Israel and was one of the founding members of Machal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Mitchell Flint, an American pilot who volunteered to fight in Israel's War for Independence