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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

Letters

Letters to the Editor, May 24 2024: Yes we do

By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Israel Air Force planes are seen flying on Independence Day, Tel Aviv beach, April 26, 2023

Reflecting on Israel's 76th Independence Day with subdued celebrations amid Israel-Hamas war

By Deborah Danan/JTA

People watch the military airshow as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, in Saker Park, Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

How US Jews are marking Israel’s war-torn Independence Day in their own communities

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

A lively public debate has emerged about how Israel’s 76th Independence Day should be celebrated, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

How can I celebrate Israel’s Independence Day when my country is in turmoil?

By JTA/RABBI MIKIE GOLDSTEIN

Israeli national flags flutter in front of an office tower at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020.

Both nationally and individually, now is the time for self-sufficiency

By AARON KATSMAN

Rechargeable cards designed for children and teenagers, CAL

Cards are loaded as a means of managing the children's pocket money

A demonstrator uses a microphone as others hold flags and signs as they protest outside India's consulate in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada September 25, 2023.

US, asked about Sikh separatist groups, says it respects free speech

By REUTERS

YAAKOV HAGOEL speaks at the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress, in August in Basel, Switzerland.

We are all signatories to the Declaration of Independence - Opinion

By YAAKOV HAGOEL

David Ben-Gurion publicly pronouncing the Declaration of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948, beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern political Zionism, in the old Tel Aviv Museum of Art building on Rothschild Street.

What is the origin story of Israel's Declaration of Independence?

By SHLOMO MAITAL

DRAPING COPIES of Israel’s flag and Declaration of Independence on Jerusalem’s Old City walls, in protest of judicial reform, in March.

What's missing from Israel's Declaration of Independence? - review

By MARTIN LOCKSHIN

THE KNESSET plenum in session: When Israeli leaders are entrusted with power by the nation’s citizens, they must make sure they don’t practice the tyranny of the majority, says the writer.

How the founders of Israel handled the responsibilities of power - opinion

By URI PILICHOWSKI

ISRAEL’S FOUNDING fathers declare the establishment of the state with the Declaration of Independence.

37 people signed Israel’s Declaration of Independence. A new podcast explores their legacy

By Deborah Danan/JTA

World Zionist Organization executive chairman Yaakov Hagoel at the 125th anniversary event for the First Zionist Congress.

World Zionist Congress adopts resolutions against Israel's judicial reform

Likud MK Amir Ohana vote at a Likud polling station in Jerusalem on August 10, 2022

Italy, Israel celebrate 75 years together on Ohana visit to Rome

By LAHAV HARKOV

PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Yoav Kisch applaud at the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem on Independence Day. We can look with pride at our achievements.

Israel at 75: Past achievements and future challenges - opinion

Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market

Grapevine: Remembering Dr. Hashkes

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

PROF. AVNER BEN-ZAKEN, founder and head of the Institute for Israeli Thought.

‘It’s time to complete Declaration of Independence’ - Prof. Ben-Zaken

By LIOR NOVIK