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April 16, 2026, 12:36 pm
Live on Sunday: Declaration of Independence at the Kotel
At the egalitarian Kotel, Jews from Israel and around the world gather to read the Declaration of Independence, affirming shared values and Jewish peoplehood.
By Dr. Yizhar Hess
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Reading of the Declaration of Independence from a previous year’s event. (Courtesy)
April 14, 2026, 12:03 pm
Live on Sunday: Declaration of Independence at the Kotel
At the egalitarian Kotel, Jews from Israel and around the world gather to read the Declaration of Independence, affirming shared values and Jewish peoplehood.
By Dr. Yizhar Hess
People gather for a protest at the Stella Maris Monastery in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, June 18, 2023. (Flash90)
July 27, 2023, 4:47 pm
At a Haifa church, Jewish pilgrims test coexistence strained by painful history
Haredi visitors outside Stella Maris say they want to pray near the presumed burial site of Prophet Elisha; churchgoers say it’s just another attempt to intimidate Christians
By Canaan Lidor
A compass and other items from a 1948 War of Independence battle that have been found on Ha-Lamed Heh Battle Hill, April 2023. (Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
April 24, 2023, 2:59 pm
75 years on, newly found compass points to heart of 1948 battle where 35 troops died
Researchers also unearth bullet casings at site of famous Lamed Heh battle in War of Independence, shedding rare light on an incident from which there were no Palmach survivors
By Michael Bachner
People carry the coffin of Aura Herzog, wife of late president Chaim Herzog, and mother of current President Isaac Herzog, during her funeral at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on January 12, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 12, 2022, 9:23 pm
Leaders of US, PA, UAE and Bahrain offer condolences to Herzog over mother’s death
Putin, Erdogan, Jordan’s Abdullah, Egypt’s Sissi, Spanish king, presidents of Singapore, Georgia and Greece also among the many reaching out to mourning Israeli president
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog attends the funeral of his mother, Aura Herzog, at Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jerusalem, January 12, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
January 12, 2022, 4:23 pm
‘A pioneer’: Aura Herzog, wife of one president, mother of a second, laid to rest
In eulogy, Isaac Herzog says his mother’s great loves were her family, Israel and ‘good taste, aesthetics… and understanding the big wide world’
By ToI Staff
File: President Chaim Herzog and his wife Aura during a visit to Toledo, Spain, in 1992 (Sa'ar Ya'acov)
January 10, 2022, 9:26 am
Aura Herzog, wife to one Israeli president and mother to a second, dies at 97
Politicians laud ‘pioneering’ woman who devoted herself to public service; she took part in Israel’s War of Independence and was a social and environmental activist
By ToI Staff
June 1967: Israeli Centurion tank corps prepare for battle during the Six-Day War. (Three Lions/Getty Images via JTA)
August 14, 2020, 12:07 am
Many wars, rare peace accords: A look at Israeli-Arab ties over the years
A brief overview of key events in the Jewish state’s relations with its neighbors, after Israel and the United Arab Emirates agree to normalize relations
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A picture showing Egyptian soldiers resting during fighting in the War of Independence. A collection of 'rare' photos from the war is to be auctioned off in May 2019 in Jerusalem (Courtesy/Kedem Auction House)
May 8, 2019, 4:49 pm
Rare photos from Israel’s War of Independence to be auctioned
Some pictures offer a glimpse from the side of the Arab forces, including a faked propaganda picture of an Israeli soldier surrendering
By ToI Staff
An Israeli Air Force Avia S-199, derived from the German Messerschmitt, in 1948 (Public Domain)
May 7, 2019, 9:26 am
US film producer buys rights to story of foreign pilots who helped build IAF
2017 book ‘Angels in the Sky’ recounts how World War II veterans helped turn the tide of the 1948 War of Independence
By ToI Staff
Chaim Stephenson in his studio. (Courtesy)
April 1, 2017, 4:39 am
Sculptor’s work on refugees takes on increased resonance in new London exhibit
Drawing on the Old Testament as inspiration, the late Chaim Stephenson crafted compassionate scenes of familial pain and drama
By Anne Joseph
Maxim Reider
March 23, 2017, 10:39 pm
Maxim Reider
Night in Tel Aviv
Musings on homeland, terrorism, London casualties, the complications of occupation, and naive Israeli hot-heads
Alon Tal
January 31, 2017, 1:04 pm
Alon Tal
How the heroes have fallen
The passing of Yair Akov at 91 signals the end of a generation that paid a terrible price to ensure Israel’s survival
The Cenacle, traditionally believed to be the site of Jesus's Last Supper. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
October 1, 2016, 1:55 pm
When a German refugee accidentally captured Mount Zion
Soak up the history at one of Jerusalem’s holiest sites: the final resting place of King David, Jesus’s mother Mary and later, a dramatic battle in the War of Independence
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Soldiers in the IDF Home Front Command's search and rescue units run to the scene of a pretend rocket strike during a large-scale exercise in Zikim near the Gaza border on July 3, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
July 8, 2016, 8:09 pm
Bracing for next war, IDF troops drill for mass casualty rocket strike
A week after a Gaza missile hit a Sderot preschool, Home Front Command embarks on a massive exercise to prepare for the next attack
By Judah Ari Gross
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