We must remain grateful to the soldiers and all who have given their life for the State of Israel and to those who fight for freedom everywhere in the world.

A prominent Iraqi cleric explains why Muslims have become a burden to the world, while Jews have succeeded as a nation and made significant global contributions.

On April 1, 1925, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel's highest-ranking university and among the world's finest, officially opened.

On February 13, 1931, the Passfield White Paper, which threatened the development of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine, was rejected by the British cabinet.

On February 3, 1919, a delegation of the Zionist Organization presented the case for a Jewish homeland in Palestine to the Paris Peace Conference.

On January 26, 1919, British Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, who later became the first president of the State of Israel, warned that unless world Jewry secures a place of their own, they will be faced by a terrible catastrophe.

On January 3, 1919, Emir Faisal, son of Sharif Husayn of Mecca, and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann signed the Faisal-Weizmann Agreement, an accord of mutual respect and cooperation.

Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann sends a letter to British Secretary Malcolm MacDonald, citing disappointment with Britain's pro-Arab position, and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat invites Israel's foreign minister to a meeting in Austria.

Salomon Benzimra explains the legal rights of the Jewish State to the entire Land of Israel west of the Jordan River based on the San Remo Conference of 1920.