Independence Day

'Historic decision': Kisch invites Trump to attend Israel Prize ceremony on Independence Day

Additionally, an N12 report indicated that, alongside his invitation to attend the ceremony, Trump has been invited to light a torch at the 78th Independence Day ceremony.

US President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026.
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks to reporters over the North Atlantic as he returns to Washington from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, aboard Air Force One, US, January 22, 2026.

Trump plans world’s biggest arch to commemorate 250 years since US independence - report

The first edition of "The Palestine Post," the newspaper that would become "The Jerusalem Post."

The Jerusalem Post marks 93 years as a link to Israel and the Jewish world - editorial

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau, with his wife Sara, with MOTJ  Chairman Larry A. Mizel and Dr. Donald Sweeting

US-Israel Alliance Celebrated at Independence Day Gala Hosted by MOTJ 


Dana International's torch-bearing omitted from Channel 14 broadcast, name not mentioned on website

A openly transgender singer, the 1998 Eurovision singer was among the participants for Israel's Independence Day torch-lighting ceremony.

 An Illustration of channel 14, photo taken on June 2, 2024

Israel at 77: Choosing life, shaping the future - opinion

Am Yisrael Chai is not a slogan but an eternal covenant. A people lives. A nation thrives. A dream, battered but unbroken, endures.

 FOREIGN MINISTER Gideon Sa’ar meets with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in Abu Dhabi earlier this year. Imagine what could be accomplished if Israelis, Emiratis, Bahrainis, Moroccans, Sudanese, and others stood together, not just in commerce but in conscience, says the wr

Your Investments: Is it still possible to achieve financial independence?

"The rich invest their money and spend what is left; the poor spend their money and invest what is left." – Jim Rohn

 A WOMAN withdraws money from a Bank Hapoalim ATM in Tel Aviv in March.

Remembrance Day, Independence Day: Memory of the past and building the dream of the future

As we move this week from Remembrance Day – when we risk drowning in sorrow – to Independence Day – when we soar in celebration – we carry both the tears and the triumphs with us.

 ‘VISION AND Tranquility,’ Eden Wolfgur, from Beit Hillel’s illustrated Grace After Meals booklet ‘For the Good and Gracious Land.’

US ambassador Huckabee honored at United Hatzalah Independence Day event in Jerusalem

Huckabee emphasized Israel’s right to “exist in safety and freedom,” and affirmed Jerusalem as the “indisputable, indivisible capital of the Jewish State.”

 US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee receives the United Hatzalah Lifesaving Award, at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, May 1, 2025.

Editor's Notes: They broke me. That’s when I knew I’d never leave Israel

Golda Meir said it best: “We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs – we have no place to go.”

 AT MY lowest point, I found clarity: Israel is my choice – again and again.

77 years later, saving the country is still the central mission - opinion

At a time when questions of national identity dominate the discourse, Israel’s experiment of uniting Jews from around the world should be a source of inspiration.

 PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE near the Knesset against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government. Vast sections of the population are convinced that decisions are being made for political survival at the cost of human lives, the writer maintains.

PM Netanyahu’s bodyguards wear masks at ceremonies fearing arrests abroad

At various Independence Day ceremonies, close-up shots of soldiers were also avoided due to similar concerns.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security guards with masks on their faces, May 1, 2025.

Activist group vandalizes Knesset menorah with blood, fake corpses to protest war in Gaza

The group also left signs reading , “Celebrating 77 years of Jewish supremacy and ethnic cleansing” and “Isolate Israel! Stop the genocide.”

 Activists from the group ‘Free Jerusalem’ placed blood-splattered effigies shaped like corpses in front of the Knesset Menorah, May 1, 2025.

IDF preparing to deliver a 'decisive blow' against Hamas, IDF chief Zamir says at soldiers ceremony

The purpose of the ceremony is to honor outstanding soldiers in the IDF.

IDF expanded their military acticity in the area of Daraj Tuffah in Gaza City to expand the security zone in the area on April 12, 2025.