Featured Editorials
Why Do American Liberals Ignore Palestine's Gun Control Problem?
28 May
While the majority of Israel’s allies would like to see a Palestinian State established within the West Bank and East Jerusalem, few seem...
Israel Culture
Yad Vashem Rejects Christie's Auction House's "Blood Money" Donation
22 May
The Yad Vashem Museum rejected a donation offered by Christie's Auction House because the money came from the sale of jewelry bought with...
Featured Editorials
Bibi's Oslo: Is Netanyahu Trying To Bolster Hamas Just To Prolong The 'Status Quo'?
14 May
As Operation “Shield and Arrow” ends, and both Israelis and Gazans are supposed to trust their local governments and terrorist...
National
Disturbing Survey Shows Most Palestinians Support The Killing Of Israeli Civilians
08 May
A survey conducted at the end of March by the Ramallah-based ' Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research ' has shed a grim light...
Featured Editorials
The Jews Did Make "The Desert Bloom" And The Proof Is Irrefutable
30 April
The Palestinian outrage over European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s comment that the Jews “made the desert bloom” has...
News
Israeli Network Airs Secret Tapes Revealing Major Rift Between Gaza Terror...
June 01
In recent years, rifts have been growing in the relationship between Hamas and the Islamic Jihad...
Worn Out Torah Scrolls Buried On Mount Of Olives After Western Wall 'Funeral'
June 01
19 Torah scrolls some of which survived the Holocaust in Europe, with the oldest among them being...
Biden Using Saudi Peace Deal To Extort Israel In Exchange For New Iran Deal
June 01
It seems that Israel is unable to prevent the Biden administration from getting closer to a new...
Israel Approves 'Katlan' Offshore Rig To Extract 68 BCM Of Natural Gas
June 01
For the first time in over 8 years, a new natural gas discovery was announced in the economic...
Despite Violent Threats, Tens Of Thousands Expected In Jerusalem's Pride Parade
June 01
Starting at noon on Thursday, the Pride parade in Jerusalem will leave the Bell Tower Garden...
Israel Denies Reports It Bombed PFLP-GC Headquarters In Lebanon
May 31
Arab media reported Wednesday morning that the IDF attacked the headquarters used by the general...
Nvidia To Develop Massive Supercomputer In Israel To Meet AI Demand
May 31
The international computer and AI company, Nvidia, announced that it will build in Israel, at a...
ISIS Terrorist Representing Himself In Jerusalem Court After His Attorney...
May 31
The evidence phase in the trial of Wasim Aseid, the terrorist who’s sworn allegiance to ISIS and...
Knesset Members Demand Israel Confront 'Palestinian Enemy' After Deadly Attack
May 31
After the deadly attack Tuesday morning in the Harmesh settlement of northern Samaria, in which...
Tens Of Thousands Crowd Into B'nei B'rak For Funeral Of Ultra-Orthodox Leader
May 31
Tens of thousands of people participated Tuesday afternoon in the funeral procession of the head...
Iranian Reports Claim 14 Members Of A 'Zionist Terrorist Cell' Arrested
May 30
The Iranian news agency "Tasnim" reported Monday afternoon that the Iranian security forces...
IDF Ranking Officer Instructs Ukrainian Jews On Safety Practices During War
May 30
Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Shay Belaish, who served as a general officer of the Home Front Command...
Elbit Reveals Record-Breaking $16 Billion Of Business 'In The Pipeline'
May 30
The increase in the world's defense budgets brought the order backlog of Elbit Systems to a record...
Palestinian Activists Angry Over East Jerusalem 'School Dance' With Hebrew Song
May 30
Palestinian activists and some parents in East Jerusalem are angry once again, this time because...
Fitch Predicts Israel's Credit Score Could Rise Despite Budget Deficit
May 30
Israel's credit rating may rise, according to the credit rating agency Fitch, which published a...
As Herzog Visits Azerbaijan, Massive Effort Underway To Thwart Iranian Threat
May 30
A serious security concern is developing in Israel and Azerbaijan over fears that Iran will try to...
IDF Kills One, Arrests Several Militants In Jenin After Cross-Border Shooting...
May 29
Palestinian media reported on Monday morning that intensive activity by the Israel Defense Forces...
Iran Faces War With The Taliban As Israeli Airstrikes In Syria Continue
May 29
It seems through an inexplicable chain of events, Iran is facing threats on both ends of its...
Israel Culture
Antiquities Thief Caught In East Jerusalem With Dozens Of Ancient Roman Bricks
June 01
Dozens of ancient paving tiles, bearing the seal impressions of the 10th Roman Legion, were found...
Palestinian Authority Using Ancient Jewish Gravestones To Build New Homes
May 31
Palestinian Authority construction is systematically destroying an important archaeological site...
Jewish Burial Site Next To Popular Christian Pilgrimage Site Ravaged By Thieves
May 24
In an operation by the Israeli police in Kfar Kanna and the robbery prevention unit of the...
Yad Vashem Rejects Christie's Auction House's "Blood Money" Donation
May 22
The Yad Vashem Museum rejected a donation offered by Christie's Auction House because the money...
2000 Year-Old 'Receipt' Of A Judean Discovered In Jerusalem
May 17
During excavations conducted by the Israeli Antiquities Authority in the city of David in the...
Ancient Roman Ship's Cargo Found Offshore Near Caesarea
May 15
A ship's cargo, which includes huge marble items from 1800 years ago during Roman rule in Israel...
Israel Working To Save Hasmonean Winter Palace From Palestinian Destruction
May 09
A dramatic plan is gaining traction these days led by the Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich,...
Knesset Acts Against Palestinian Efforts To Destroy Ancient Israelite Castle
May 04
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman, Tourism Minister Haim Katz, and Heritage Minister...
Jabotinsky's Betar Movement Celebrates 100 Years With Pilgrimage To Latvia
May 03
Members of the Betar movement went on an annual trip to Riga, the capital of Latvia, this year...
Palestinian Authority Destroying Another Biblical Period Site In Samaria
May 02
The Palestinian Authority paved a road and built a residential building in El-Onok, a heritage...
Archaeologists Uncover Compass From Bloody Independence War Battle
April 25
A compass belonging to one of the soldiers of Israel’s famous Independence War’s Mountain Division...
Annual Celebration At Joshua's Grave in Samaria Draws Thousands
April 17
Thousands of Jewish worshipers visited the graves of Joshua Ben Nun and Caleb Ben Yefuna in the...
History
This Day In History: Iraqi Shiites Slaughter 180 During Shavuot 'Farhud Pogrom'
May 26
The peak of the deterioration of the Jewish community in Baghdad came on the eve of the Shavuot...
This Day In History: 'Operation Solomon' Brings 14,000 Ethiopian Jews Home
May 25
On May 25th, 1991, Israeli Operation Solomon flies more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in...
This Day In History: Notorious Spy Eli Cohen Is Executed In Damascus Square
May 18
On May 18th, 1965, Eli Cohen, the Israeli spy who was an advisor to the Syrian Minister of...
This Day In History: Famed Archaeologist Reveals King Herod's Tomb
May 08
On May 8th, 2007, the Israeli Antiquities Authority revealed that the tomb of King Herod the Great...
This Day In History: Theodor Herzl, Author Of The Book “The Jewish State” Is...
May 02
On May 2, 1860, Theodor Herzl was born in Pest, Hungary, which would later be incorporated into...
This Day In History: Napoleon Asks Jews To Take Back What Is Rightfully Theirs
April 20
On April 20th, 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte became one of the first European leaders to encourage Jews...
This Day In History: Iconic Landmark YMCA Building Opens In Jerusalem
April 18
On April 18th, 1933, the magnificent YMCA building in Jerusalem which has become an iconic part of...
This Day In History: Israel Reverses British Era Law & Legalizes Homosexuality
March 22
On March 22nd, 1988, The Knesset repealed a holdover law from the British Mandate-era that banned...
This Day In History: Israel Announces Diplomatic Ties With West Germany
March 14
On March 14th, 1965, 20 years after the end of WW2 and the Holocaust, Israel establishes...
This Day In History: A Czar Is Assassinated, Sparking Pogroms & Aliyah
March 13
On March 13th, 1881, Czar Alexander II of the Russian Empire, was assassinated in St. Petersburg...
This Day In History: 'Who Is A Jew' - Knesset Amends Law Of Return
March 09
On March 10th, 1970, Israel’s Law of Return, which was originally passed in 1950, was amended to...
This Day In History: The 'War Of Attrition' With Egypt Officially Begins
March 08
On March 8th, 1969, the Egyptian armed forces launched a major offensive at Israeli positions on...
This Day In History: Rabin Meets Carter, Reaffirms That Jerusalem Is Not For...
March 07
On March, 7th, 1977, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin visited the White House to speak with...
This Day In History: PLO Terrorists Blow Up Part Of Tel Aviv Hotel, Killing 11
March 06
On March 5, 1975, at around 11:00 PM, a boat full of terrorists landed on the south coast of Tel...
This Day In History; Suicide Bombing Kills 13, Wounds 130 In Tel Aviv
March 05
On March 4th, 1996, Abdel-Rahim Ishaq, a 24-year-old Palestinian resident of Ramallah, detonated a...
This Day In History: Grand Mufti Rejects Proposal For Arab State With Jews In It
March 03
On March 3rd, 1939, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem called off a deal offered by the British to...
This Day In History: Warrior Turned Peacemaker Yitzhak Rabin Was Born
March 01
On March 1st, 1922, Yitzhak Rabin, Israel’s 5th Prime Minister who served two non-consecutive...
The History Of Israel: Chaim Weizmann Becomes Israel's First President
February 27
On February 17th, 1949, Dr. Chaim Weizmann became the first Israeli president, just as the...
This Day In History: Baruch Goldstein Opens Fire In Hebron Shrine, Killing 29
February 26
On February 25th, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, a Jewish American immigrant, and member of the radical...
This Day In History: Israel Gets First Film Nominated For Oscar Awards
February 23
On February 23rd, 1965, “Sallah Shabbati”, the Israeli film about the life of Arabic-speaking...
This Day In History: Pope Protests Italian Grand Duke's Emancipation Of Jews
February 21
On February 21st, 1852, Pope Pius IX wrote to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Leopold II, in protest of...
This Day In History: Despite Election Loss, Netanyahu Asked To Form Government
February 20
On February 20th, 2009, Benjamin Netanyahu, along with his Likud party lost the popular vote in...
This Day In History: Herzl Publishes 'Der Judenstaat' In 1896
February 14
On February 14th, 1896, “Der Judenstaat”, or “The Jewish State” by Theodor Herzl was first...
This Day In History: Israel Buys Dead Sea Scrolls After 'For Sale' Ad Published
February 13
On February 13th, 1955, Prime Minister Moshe Sharett held a news conference in which he announced...
Technology
Nvidia To Develop Massive Supercomputer In Israel To Meet AI Demand
May 31
The international computer and AI company, Nvidia, announced that it will build in Israel, at a...
IDF Infantry Unit Gets New, High-Tech 8-Wheeled Armored Carrier
May 28
The Directorate of Merkava Tanks and Armored Vehicles, a section within the Israeli Ministry of...
New 'Non-Invasive' Cancer Diagnosis Approved By Israeli Ministry of Health
May 25
Israeli Technological progress has brought about many changes in the field of medicine. Methods...
Israeli Cancer Treatment Shows 100% Success Rate In First Phase Trials
May 22
An Israeli breakthrough in radiation treatment for cancer with a 100-percent success rate in the...
Elbit Systems Wins Major Contract With British Army Armored Corps
May 11
The British Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) and tank divisions will improve performance through...
Israeli Company Unveils Impressive Unmanned Autonomous Submarine
May 08
"Elta", a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, announced that it has developed an unmanned...
Amid Fears Of Russian Invasion, Estonia Buys Israeli Long Range Missiles
May 03
The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed an agreement with the Republic of Estonia for the...
LinkedIn Releases Annual List Of Israel's Top 25 Workplaces
April 27
LinkedIn published a list of the 25 best workplaces for employees in Israel. This is actually the...
Over 45 Countries Expected To Participate In Next Month's BioMed Conference
April 24
The 21st Biomed Conference in Israel, a global leading international life sciences and health...
Israel History
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This Day In History: Pope Rejects Herzl Because Jews Rejected Jesus
Jay EngelmayerOn January 25th, 1904, while visiting Italy the founder of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl met with Pope Pius X in a failed attempt to gain the... -
This Day In History: Herzl Publishes 'Der Judenstaat' In 1896
Emanuel EngelmayerOn February 14th, 1896, “Der Judenstaat”, or “The Jewish State” by Theodor Herzl was first published in German in the Austr-Hungarian city of... -
This Day In History: Israel Buys Dead Sea Scrolls After 'For Sale' Ad Published
Emanuel EngelmayerOn February 13th, 1955, Prime Minister Moshe Sharett held a news conference in which he announced that Israel purchased four out of the first seven... -
This Day In History: Soviet Embassy Bombed, Diplomatic Relations Suspended
Emanuel EngelmayerOn February 9th, 1953, the Soviet Union’s diplomatic outpost which was the de-facto embassy for the communist regime in Tel Aviv was bombed,... -
This Day In History: Jordan's King Hussein Dies In 1999
Emanuel EngelmayerOn February 7th, 1999, Jordan’s King Hussein, who was the second Arab leader to formalize peaceful relations with Israel, passed away of natural... -
This Day In History: 73 IDF Soldiers Killed In Midair Helicopter Collision
Emanuel EngelmayerOn February 4th, 1997, two Israel Defense Forces CH-53 Yasur military transport helicopters crashed into each other in the middle of the night while... -
This Day In History: Law Giving Jordanian Waqf Power Over Holy Site Created
Emanuel EngelmayerOn February 2nd, 1965, the Knesset revises the “Absentees’ Property Law” to allow Custodians of land owners who no longer lived in Israel, to... -
This Day In History: The 'Zionist' Rebbe Assumes Role As Head Of Chabad
Emanuel EngelmayerOn this day in the Hebrew Calendar, Yud Shevat, 1951 (the tenth day of the month of Shevat), the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Schneersohn, assumes the... -
This Day In History: Ben Gurion Resigns Over Botched Espionage Mission
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 31st, 1961, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion resigned, after the disclosure of a foiled espionage operation in Egypt that took place in... -
This Day In History: 'Youth Aliyah' Created To Save Jewish German Children
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 30th, 1933, the same day Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg, Recha Freier established the... -
This Day In History: Clinton's Final Push For Peace Ends In Taba With No Deal
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 27th, 2001, one of the last prominent negotiations between Israel and Palestinian officials concluded in what would be called the Taba... -
This Day In History: Weizmann Predicts Holocaust In Appeal To British...
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 25th, 1919, a day before the modern International Holocaust Memorial Day that was created in 1945 when the Auschwitz-Birkenau... -
This Day In History: Eli Cohen, Israel's Legendary Spy Is Arrested In Syria
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 24, 1964, the Syrian police run by the Ba’ath party raided the home of Damascus businessman Kamel Amin Tha’abet, also known as Eli Cohen,... -
This Day In History: Organization That Sparked The First Aliyah Is Created
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 21st, 1882, the blueprint for the “First Aliyah”, the immigration of Diaspora Jews back to the Holy Land, is laid out along with the... -
This Day In History: Nazis Plan 'Final Solution' In Berlin Suburb
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 20th, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Nazi Gestapo, convenes a conference at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee at which the... -
This Day In History: Hamas Founding Member Assassinated In Dubai
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 19th, 2010, Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas military commander and founder of its Izz ad-Din al-Qassam military branch of the... -
This Day In History: Despite Election Loss, Netanyahu Asked To Form Government
Emanuel EngelmayerOn February 20th, 2009, Benjamin Netanyahu, along with his Likud party lost the popular vote in Israel and still received the mandate to form a... -
This Day In History: Pope Protests Italian Grand Duke's Emancipation Of Jews
Emanuel EngelmayerOn February 21st, 1852, Pope Pius IX wrote to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Leopold II, in protest of his decision to grant full emancipation to Jews.... -
This Day In History: Israel Gets First Film Nominated For Oscar Awards
Emanuel EngelmayerOn February 23rd, 1965, “Sallah Shabbati”, the Israeli film about the life of Arabic-speaking Jewish migrants to Israel becomes Israel’s first... -
The History Of Israel: Chaim Weizmann Becomes Israel's First President
Emanuel EngelmayerOn February 17th, 1949, Dr. Chaim Weizmann became the first Israeli president, just as the Independence war was coming to an end and armistice... -
This Day In History: Notorious Spy Eli Cohen Is Executed In Damascus Square
Emanuel EngelmayerOn May 18th, 1965, Eli Cohen, the Israeli spy who was an advisor to the Syrian Minister of Defense, was hanged in Marjeh Square in Damascus after... -
This Day In History: Famed Archaeologist Reveals King Herod's Tomb
Emanuel EngelmayerOn May 8th, 2007, the Israeli Antiquities Authority revealed that the tomb of King Herod the Great was found at Herodium in the Judean Desert in an... -
This Day In History: Theodor Herzl, Author Of The Book “The Jewish State” Is...
Emanuel EngelmayerOn May 2, 1860, Theodor Herzl was born in Pest, Hungary, which would later be incorporated into the city of Budapest. He was given the name... -
This Day In History: Napoleon Asks Jews To Take Back What Is Rightfully Theirs
Emanuel EngelmayerOn April 20th, 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte became one of the first European leaders to encourage Jews to return to the holy land while claiming that... -
This Day In History: Israel Announces Diplomatic Ties With West Germany
Emanuel EngelmayerOn March 14th, 1965, 20 years after the end of WW2 and the Holocaust, Israel establishes diplomatic relations with West Germany. Israel’s... -
This Day In History: A Czar Is Assassinated, Sparking Pogroms & Aliyah
Emanuel EngelmayerOn March 13th, 1881, Czar Alexander II of the Russian Empire, was assassinated in St. Petersburg when a bomb was thrown into his horse carriage.... -
This Day In History: 'Who Is A Jew' - Knesset Amends Law Of Return
Emanuel EngelmayerOn March 10th, 1970, Israel’s Law of Return, which was originally passed in 1950, was amended to fully define the question of “Who is a Jew” and... -
This Day In History: The 'War Of Attrition' With Egypt Officially Begins
Emanuel EngelmayerOn March 8th, 1969, the Egyptian armed forces launched a major offensive at Israeli positions on the eastern parts of the Israeli-controlled Suez... -
This Day In History: Rabin Meets Carter, Reaffirms That Jerusalem Is Not For...
Emanuel EngelmayerOn March, 7th, 1977, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin visited the White House to speak with President Carter about security issues, along with... -
This Day In History: PLO Terrorists Blow Up Part Of Tel Aviv Hotel, Killing 11
Emanuel EngelmayerOn March 5, 1975, at around 11:00 PM, a boat full of terrorists landed on the south coast of Tel Aviv at the Herbert Samuel wharf. Eight terrorists... -
This Day In History; Suicide Bombing Kills 13, Wounds 130 In Tel Aviv
Emanuel EngelmayerOn March 4th, 1996, Abdel-Rahim Ishaq, a 24-year-old Palestinian resident of Ramallah, detonated a 45-pound bomb packed with nails strapped to his... -
This Day In History: Grand Mufti Rejects Proposal For Arab State With Jews In It
Emanuel EngelmayerOn March 3rd, 1939, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem called off a deal offered by the British to create an Arab-majority state with a Jewish minority,... -
This Day In History: Warrior Turned Peacemaker Yitzhak Rabin Was Born
Emanuel EngelmayerOn March 1st, 1922, Yitzhak Rabin, Israel’s 5th Prime Minister who served two non-consecutive terms, was born in Jerusalem to parents who came to... -
This Day In History: Baruch Goldstein Opens Fire In Hebron Shrine, Killing 29
Emanuel EngelmayerOn February 25th, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, a Jewish American immigrant, and member of the radical Kach party led by Rabbi Meir Kahane, opened fire at... -
This Day In History: Saddam Hussein Begins Firing Scud Missiles At Israel
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 18th, 1991, Iraq under the regime of Saddam Hussein fires eight Scud missiles at Israel in the early hours of the morning immediately... -
This Day In History: Arabs Slaughter & Defile Bodies Of 35 Jewish Fighters
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 16th, 1948, just a few months before Israel declared independence, a convoy of 35 Palmach troops delivering supplies to Jews in the Gush... -
This Day In History: The First Intifada Which Lasted five Years Breaks Out
Emanuel EngelmayerOn December 8th, 1987, a tragic accidental crash in which an Israeli Defense Force truck slammed into a car in the Northern Gaza Strip led to the... -
This Day In History: Archaeologists Find Palace Of Queen Helena Of Adiabene
Emanuel EngelmayerOn December 6th, 2007, an Israeli-led archaeological dig discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old palace in the Old City of Jerusalem, most likely... -
This Day In History: Post 1967 Excavations Reveal Ancient Jewish Presence In...
Emanuel EngelmayerOn December 3rd, 1969, Archeologist Nahman Avigad released the first report from the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s excavations that began shortly... -
This Day In History: Israel Transfers Powers To Arafat's PLO Under Oslo Accords
Emanuel EngelmayerOn December 1st, 1994, The Israeli government under the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin officially handed over control of a large part within the... -
This Day In History: The United Nations Green Lights A Jewish State
Emanuel EngelmayerOn November 29th, 1947, the United Nations officially accepted the partition plan for the British Mandate of Palestine. The plan was Israel’s green... -
This Day In Israel's History: Anwar Sadat Makes Historic Speech In Knesset
Emanuel EngelmayerOn November 20th, 1977, just a day after arriving in Jerusalem, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat addressed a specially arranged meeting of the... -
This Day In History: Hamas Militant Killed By Israel Starting 2012's 'Pillar...
Emanuel EngelmayerOn November 14th, 2012, the Hamas military chief, Ahmed Jabbari, was killed in an Israel Defense Forces airstrike in Gaza. His assassination marked... -
This Day In History: Egyptians Protest German Reparations Agreement To Israel
Emanuel EngelmayerOn November 3rd, 1952, the Egyptian government submitted a memorandum to the West German Government outlining the basis of Arab protests against... -
This Day In History: Israel Holds Its Last, On-Time Election In 1988
Emanuel EngelmayerIsraeli citizens will be voting all throughout November 1st, at a particularly tense time in Judea and Samaria and as many leaders hope to receive... -
This Day In Israel's History: Egypt Sues For Peace After Botched War Effort
Jay EngelmayerOn the 29th of October, 1973, after arriving at a strategic point in Egypt just 101 kilometers away from Cairo as part of the Yom Kippur war, the... -
This Day In History: Theodor Herzl Commenced The First Zionist Congress In...
Jay EngelmayerThis August marks the 125th anniversary of the first international Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland. The Congregation was organized, amongst... -
This Day In History: Jerusalem Becomes Israel's Capital & The Mossad Is Created
Emanuel EngelmayerOn December 13th, 1949, The Israeli Knesset drafted a resolution that would lead to the vote needed for moving Israel’s capital from Tel Aviv to... -
This Day In History: In 1961, Adolph Eichmann Was Sentenced To Death
Emanuel EngelmayerOn December 15th, 1961, the mastermind of the industrial killing of European Jewry, Adolf Eichmann, was sentenced to death by hanging by a special... -
This Day In History: After His Assassination Kastner Cleared Of Aiding Nazis
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 15th, 1958, Dr. Rudolf Israel Kastner, a Zionist activist and grandfather to current MK Merav Michaeli, was posthumously exonerated from... -
This Day In History: France Releases Munich Massacre Terrorist After 5 Years
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 12th, 1977, large protests broke out all throughout Israel immediately after the French government announced they would be releasing Abu... -
This Day In History: King Hussein Flies Himself To Tel Aviv For First Official...
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 10th, 1996 Jordan’s King Hussein made his long overdue first public visit to Israel, more than a year after the peace agreement was... -
This Day In History: The Arab-Zionist Agreement To Bring Jews To Palestine Is...
Emanuel EngelmayerOn January 3rd, 1919, perhaps one of the most priceless of agreements was signed between Zionist leader Dr.Chaim Weizmann and the son of Sharif and... -
This Day In History: Ellis Island Opens, Forever Changing The Jewish Diaspora
Emanuel EngelmayerWhile the Judean focuses coverage only on Israel, this event is too significant to overlook as it had a profound impact on the world and is likely... -
This Day In History: Commandos Attack Beirut Airport After El Al Flight Attacked
Emanuel EngelmayerOn December 28th, 1968, an Israel Defense Forces commando unit stormed the Beirut airport and destroyed close to a dozen airplanes in direct... -
This Day In History: The 'United Israel Appeal' Is Founded In 1920
Emanuel EngelmayerOn December 24th, 1920, The World Zionist Congress in London launched “Keren Hayesod”, Hebrew for “The Foundation Fund,” now known in English as the... -
This Day In History: World Famous Rambam Medical Center Opens In 1938
Emanuel EngelmayerOn December 22, 1938, the Rambam Health Care Campus opened as the British Government Hospital of Haifa and is initially defined as a British... -
This Day In History: 1973 Geneva Conference Begins As Step Towards Peace
Emanuel EngelmayerOn December 21, 1973, the week-long Geneva Conference began. The conference that came towards the end of the Israeli Yom Kippur war with Egypt and... -
This Day In History: Iconic Chief Rabbi Tells Soldiers To Ignore Evacuation...
Emanuel EngelmayerOn December 17th, 1993, former Chief Rabbi of Israel and the IDF, Rabbi Shlomo Goren, called upon IDF soldiers to disobey orders of uprooting Jewish... -
This Day In History: Israel Reverses British Era Law & Legalizes Homosexuality
Emanuel EngelmayerOn March 22nd, 1988, The Knesset repealed a holdover law from the British Mandate-era that banned all sex between people of the same gender, the...
