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The creation of modern Israel
The Week via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDavid Ben Gurion, who was to become Israel's first Prime Minister, reads the Declaration of Independence May 14, 1948 at the museum in Tel Aviv, during...
Gerson: Israel celebrates 75th anniversary as welcoming state for Jews
Athens Banner-Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis is the second of my three columns pertaining to noteworthy anniversaries taking place in the...
Doctors affiliated with Israel's top public university treated a badly wounded Hamas gunman...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBe'er Sheva, the home base of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. David RUBINGER Ben-Gurion...
Israel at 75: Ex-soldier, Muslim leader and others reflect on the Jewish state's legacy
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOne fought in Israel’s War of Independence. Another escaped Nazi Germany on the “Voyage of the...
Sylvan Adams says $100 million gift to Ben-Gurion University, his largest yet, marks pivot in giving
eJewish Philanthropy via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSylvan Adams, the Canadian-Israeli real estate mogul and philanthropist, donated $100 million to...
He was an American war hero. Then he decided to smuggle arms to Israel.
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWithout Al Schwimmer's aid to Israel, there would be no Israeli Air Force — and maybe no Israel....
On This Day, May 14: U.S. launches Skylab into orbit
United Press International via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAn overhead view of the Skylab Orbital Workshop in Earth orbit is pictured on February 8, 1974. The United States launched Skylab, its first manned...
Explainer-Israel-Palestinian dispute hinges on statehood, land, Jerusalem, refugees
Reuters via AOL· 8 months agoIsrael's founding father David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the modern State of Israel on May 14, 1948,...
Albert Einstein Was Once Asked To Be President of Israel?
Snopes via Yahoo News· 8 months agoGetty Images Albert Einstein has long skirted a definitive understanding of who he was beyond his...
Israel falls into the "Vietnam trap": Increasingly brutal tactics will only lead to disaster
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIsrael soldier Yom Kippur War of 1973 Keystone/Getty Images Orde Wingate, a legendary and eccentric...