Posts Tagged: Israel 1948
Israeli Protests Were Decades in the Making; Now the Country Must Determine Its Future
The dramatic events in Israel are not just the result of proposed judicial reforms. They are not caused by the bill to eliminate application of...
Israel at 75
I recently read two great books -- “Israel’s Declaration of Independence: The History and Political Theory of the Nation’s Founding Moment” by Neil Rogachevsky and...
Israel at 75 Is Truly Worth Celebrating
Sadly, the political turmoil of recent weeks has dampened enthusiasm for commemorating Israel’s 75th anniversary. Nevertheless, let’s take time out from the divisive discourse, and...
On World Refugee Day, Will Bella Hadid Remember Nearly 1,000,000 Expelled Jews?
The Ukraine war has catalyzed media coverage highlighting the plight of displaced people around the world. Ahead of World Refugee Day -- which is marked on...
Israel at 73
Modern Israel celebrates its 73rd birthday this week. Let me put my cards on the table: I’m not dispassionate when it comes to the country. For...
UK Op-Ed Attacks the ‘Injustice’ of Israel’s Founding
Anti-Zionist Israeli-British "historian" and activist Avi Shlaim penned an op-ed in The Guardian arguing that the UK should recognize Palestine, but ultimately attempted to undermine...
The Unlearned ‘Nakba’ Lesson About Compromise
JNS.org - Palestinian Arabs continue to learn the wrong history lesson. On May 15, as they do every year, they relive the sorrow of 1948,...
May 14, 1948 — Miracle or Catastrophe?
On May 14, 1948, Israel declared its independence. Shortly thereafter, five Arab states invaded to join Palestinian fighters in a campaign to destroy the new...
Finally Dealing With ‘Refugees’
JNS.org - Commentators and Middle East experts have now had a few weeks to scrutinize the Trump peace plan, whether to praise it or bury...
Remembering the ‘Forgotten’ Jewish Refugees
JNS.org - The United Nations held its annual plenary session last week on the 72nd anniversary of the passing of Resolution 181, which partitioned the...
Rewriting the History of Israel’s 1948 War
Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) was a great artist. But that doesn’t mean that every world leader he painted deserves our admiration -- nor should we assume...
Saluting One of the Last Living Heroes of Israel’s Fight for Independence
JNS.org - When Harold “Smoky” Simon grins at you, it’s hard to remember that, at 99, the man is one of a dwindling club: the...
Revisionist ‘Scholars’ Seek to Distort and Disparage David Ben-Gurion
By ignoring millions of declassified documents from the period of the British Mandate (1920-48) and Israel’s early days that show the claim of premeditated dispossession...
The Greatest Jewish Generation
JNS.org - The Greatest Generation, that milestone generation which saved the world in World War II, is rapidly dwindling right before our eyes. The death...
