Posts Tagged: War of Independence
The New York Times Rewrites History, Claiming Most Jaffa Arabs Expelled in 1948
JNS.org - On April 26, 1948, General Sir Alan Cunningham, the British High Commissioner for Palestine, wrote to Arthur Creech-Jones, the colonial secretary, about the...
Remains of Missing Israeli Female Soldier From 1948 War of Independence Identified
JNS.org - The remains of Private Livka Shefer, who fell during Israel’s 1948 War of Independence battles near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, were finally found after an...
Palestinian Authority Says Gazans Suffering a ‘Second Nakba’ Under Hamas Rule
JNS.org - Stepping up rhetoric against its rival, the Palestinian Authority (PA) issued a statement on Wednesday describing the 10th anniversary of Hamas’s takeover of the...
For Israelis, Memorial Day is Personal
JNS.org - Israel and the US share many values and traditions, including holding national days of commemoration for fallen soldiers. Yet there are sharp cultural differences...
Preserving the Early History of the State of Israel
JNS.org -- The early founders of the Jewish state are being encouraged by an ambitious documentary program to tell their remarkable, personal stories of Israel's beginnings, so that...
‘Beethoven Was a Zionist’: A Memoir From Israel on the Eve of its Creation
"Today I saw The Land for the first time, and it was beautiful." With those simple but moving words, veteran American Zionist activist Harold Manson began...
Abbas Asks UN to Help Palestinians in Syria Move to ‘Palestinian Territory’
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas asked the United Nations to help Palestinians "who are suffering from the bloody conflict" in Syria "return to live...
