Posts Tagged: Israel Independence Day
Michigan Public Radio Refuses to Broadcast ‘Happy 68th Birthday, Israel’ Message Because It ‘Could Imply Advocacy’
A Michigan radio station refused to air a message in honor of Israel’s Independence Day, because doing so would create the impression that it supports...
Netanyahu Proposes Return of Israeli Independence Day Military Parades (VIDEO)
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday suggested that Israel reinstate the tradition of military parades on the country’s Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut). Israel held...
Independence Day Celebrations Begin in Israel With Torch-Lighting Ceremony
Independence Day celebrations began on Wednesday night with the traditional torch-lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The theme of this year's ceremony is "civilian bravery"...
Israel’s Independence Day: We Have a Lot to Celebrate
Last week, we commemorated the genocidal murder of 6 million Jews – the most barbaric episode in our 2,000 years of exile which was sporadically...
Netanyahu and Deputy IDF Chief Reconcile After Divisive Holocaust Remarks
JNS.org - Less than a week after Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan made controversial remarks in a Holocaust Remembrance...
Israeli Independence Day: An Unyielding Marriage of 3,500 Years
This year’s Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israeli Independence day) commemorates the 68th anniversary of a marriage that has lasted more than 3,500 years. This may sound like a...
On Israel’s Anniversary, President Reuven Rivlin Looks Ahead
JNS.org - You could call it Israel's version of former U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt's "fireside chat." President Reuven Rivlin, 75, sat down with...
Arab-Israeli Journalist Lucy Aharish Lights Independence Day Torchlight (VIDEO)
JNS.org - Arab-Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish lit a torch as part of a group of 14 Israelis honored in the official government ceremony marking Israel's...
To Israel With Love
In his column in Haaretz on Wednesday, titled "Why I won't be celebrating Israel's Independence Day this year," Asher Schechter lists many reasons for his...
On Independence Day, Hamas Launches First Rocket at Israel in 2015
JNS.org - For the first time in 2015, and on the day Israel celebrated its 67th Independence Day, a code red siren sounded in the...
Israel Begins 67th Independence Day Celebrations With Torch-Lighting Ceremony
Haaretz - Israel began celebrating its 67th year of independence Wednesday night with a torch-lighting ceremony at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery that marked the transition from...
Why Israel Has Reason to Rejoice
The Bible quotes Balaam describing the Jews as "a people that dwells alone and is not counted among the nations". Alas, that aptly describes the...
At 67th Birthday, Israel’s Population Stands at 8.345 Million
JNS.org - Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics published new figures ahead of Yom Ha'atzmaut (Independence Day) showing that the country's population stands at 8,345,000,...
More Than 100 US Campuses Marking Israel’s Independence Day
JNS.org - As Israel celebrates its 67th birthday with Wednesday's Independence Day, students and faculty members across more than 100 American college campuses are marking the...
