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.

Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion
 Operation Horev, 1948

Israel Independence Day: 1948 calls out to a broken 2025 - opinion

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

 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


First Wrong, then Hate

The Jerusalem Post

Honoring the man behind the war

With ‘In Our Hands,’ a film about the battle for Jerusalem during the Six Day War, Arik Achmon discusses the sacrifices he and his comrades made in order for Israel to survive.

From left: a still of present-day Arik Achmon from the movie ‘In Our Hands’; Achmon in uniform during the Six Day War; Idan Barkai, the actor who plays him

A hero of two armies: From the front lines of WWII to Israel's War of Independence

“I was really ‘born’ in Jerusalem,” Brodetzky insists. “My soul has always been intertwined there.”

Lt. Moshe Brodetzky during his service in the US Army, 1944

Wanted: Seeking people present at the creation

‘The Youth of 1948’ project documents the experiences of those living in Israel during the last days of the of the Mandate period, the War of Independence and the state’s creation.

Noemi Schlosser

1967 and the myth of Palestinian victimization

The days of David vs. Goliath and the image of Israel as a country threatened with imminent destruction are long gone.

IDF CHIEF RABBI Shlomo Goren blows a shofar while he clutches a Torah scroll at the Western Wall on the day Jerusalem was reunified in June 1967

The Zionist Quiz

Inside the yearly Zionist Quiz, sponsored by The World Zionist Organization, the Zionist Council in Israel and the Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage,

The Zionist Quiz

7 Shocking Ways The US Sought To Prevent The Creation Of Israel - From Ben Gurion's Biography

The Jerusalem Post

Amid Jerusalem UNESCO row, what future does the capital face?

A country whose capital city is unrecognized by most of the world is not fully independent.

Fireworks explode over Jerusalem at the close of the Israel’s 50th anniversary gala show on Independence Day in 1998

Touring the battlefields of the past

Many of these sites may go unnoticed in daily life, as one becomes used to seeing them or is not aware of their existence.

People at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

The pioneering spirit: A look back at Israel’s famed paratroopers

Even before the declaration of State of Israel, Jews had been parachuting into enemy territory.

An Israeli paratrooper takes part in a military exercise at the Palmahim air force base