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Destroyed houses from the October 7 massacre almost a year ago, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, September 19, 2024

Balancing mourning and memory: October 7 commemoration risks overwhelming grief

T’S TIME for a new Israeli paradigm. Jewish farmers on their way to work in the fields in Palestine, 1939.

Editors Notes: A new generation of pioneers will redefine Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Israeli and American flags flown near the US Capitol.

Benjamin Netanyahu's 4th of July message to the American people

By Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

American and Israeli flags

The significance of first ‘Jewish July Fourth’ - opinion

By RON RUBIN

For US Independence Day: Redefine Meat hits dozens of restaurants and burger joints

By MEITAL SHARABI

President Isaac Herzog addresses the ceremony on Independence Day recognizing 120 outstanding soldiers.

Keeping hope alive as the Israel-Hamas War stretches on

Demonstrators carry flags and banners during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Amman, Jordan May 24, 2024.

Jordan marks low-key Independence Day as Gaza war continues

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

SHANI LOUK’S father, Nissim, looks on at Shani’s funeral this week, after her body was retrieved by the IDF from the Gaza Strip. Shani was murdered on October 7 as she tried to escape the Hamas massacre at the Supernova music festival.

What's going on with Israel during the war is not normal

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

BARBECUING AT Sacher Park in Jerusalem on Independence Day last Tuesday: It was disappointing that some prominent individuals in the Jewish world couldn’t bring themselves to offer even superficial greetings to the Jewish state on its 76th birthday, says the writer.

Critical voices aren't fooling anyone with silence and backhanded compliments

By MOSHE PHILLIPS

MANCHESTER STREET scene: A notoriously rainy region.

Holding the bitter and the sweet: Remembrance and Independence Day 2024

By HADASSAH FIDLER

CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE Day in Tel Aviv: Fortunately, most Israelis clearly rejected the rejectionist, dangerously debilitating narrative, and set out into Israel’s streets and parks to mark the day, the writer asserts.

The Left's attempts to ruin Independence Day thankfully failed

By DAVID M. WEINBERG

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu with wounded soldiers at Sheba Medical Center.

Grapevine, May 17, 2024: Power of the press

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog is flanked by IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at an event for outstanding soldiers at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on Independence Day.

Lack of leadership in Israel is undermining the Gaza war

Nerya Meir

We will bow our heads, but stand tall - Opinion

By NERYA MEIR

Independence flotilla honoring the victims of October 7, May 14, 2024.

Navy Independence Day flotilla pays tribute to October 7 victims

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Writings on the wall.

Beyond the headlines: A glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news

By Sivan Rahav Meir

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich sits among empty seats at the cabinet table in the Knesset plenum. A major part of our problem is the structure of our parliamentary system which makes ministerial assignments a reward for party loyalty and support for the coalition, says the writer.

After the next election: Let the government govern

By JPOST EDITORIAL

MIRIAM PERETZ, who lost two soldier-sons, one in South Lebanon and one in Gaza, continues to celebrate holidays and to love life, the writer notes.

Let's focus on our wins not our woes this Independence Day - opinion