1948

Repatriation (Aliyah): From Soviet Underground to a Conflict-Free Double Loyalty

On Aliyah Day, Israel remembers the men and women who paved the way for national revival

Dr Haim Ben Yaakov
 Operation Horev, 1948

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

 YEHUDA BAUER

Global Jewry pays tribute to professor and Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer

 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


Arab village of Lifta, abandoned in '48, to house new Israeli neighborhood

The western neighborhood in Jerusalem which was abandoned in '48 will be resettled with 259 housing units, including a luxury hotel.

View of Lifta, an abandoned Palestinian Arab village on the outskirts of Jerusalem. March 8, 2017.

Netanyahu honors fighters responsible for opening road to Jerusalem

The prime minister further announced grants for discharged soldiers, and particularly individual soldiers, since they are not entitled to unemployment benefits.

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.

Celebrating a ‘Portrait of Victory’ for Israeli cinema

“It’s the 21st century, it’s no longer about good and bad guys. We’ve gone past that point. It’s about two conflicting narratives, each of which is searching for its own portrait of victory.”

Yadin Gellman and Joy Rieger shooting a scene from Avi Nesher’s ‘Portrait of Victory.’

What legalized cannabis in Israel could look like

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: The marijuana drone blitz was a microcosm of sorts of the cannabis scene in Israel.

TEL AVIV residents partake in a joint in the city’s Meir Park.

President Rivlin eulogizes Irgun fighter Yair Assiskovitz

The late Irgun fighter, following his involvement in the 1948 War, would become one of the founders of the IDF's Department of Casualties.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin talks during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus February 12, 2019.

Harry Truman: The man from Missouri who helped change Jewish history

Harry Truman, a man with little experience in foreign affairs, assumed the tall order of uniting the Allies, winning the war, restoring the shattered global economy, and creating a new world order.

President Harry Truman: The first to recognize the Jewish state.

Wall collapse uncovers mural from Israeli War of Independence

A mural drawn by an Israeli soldier in the midst of the 1948 Israeli War of Independence was uncovered after a wall collapsed amid construction work in the city of Mevaseret Zion.

A JEWISH solider stands guard outside a building days after the British Mandate ended in 1948

Lost 1948 locket honoring deceased soldier to be returned to nephew

During renovation works in an apartment in Nachlaot, a locket carrying the name 'Eliaz' was found. Eliezer Zeltzer died in 1948. Four years later, his father founded a winery naming it after him.

A JEWISH solider stands guard outside a building days after the British Mandate ended in 1948

Saudi military official: What if Arab states recognized Israel in 1948?

Saudi navy commodore surmises that numerous reverberating political events would not have occurred throughout the Middle East in the ensuing years after 1948.

David Ben Gurion at the center as the state of Israel is declared May 14 1948

Einstein’s 1948 letter praising Jewish resilience on sale

The letter is dated May 19, 1948, and was written in German. It was addressed to the first Israeli president Chaim Weizmann.

David Ben-Gurion meeting with Albert Einstein at Princeton University, in 1951