Indeed, on Jerusalem Day - Yom Yerushalayim - Israelis celebrate the liberation of the Holy City in 1967.

Psalm 144, 'Blessed is the Lord, my Rock, Who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war,' was read at Lehigh fighter David Spitzer's funeral.

The British 81mm mortar shell contained about 500 grams of explosives.

Nancy Spielberg, sister of famed director Steven, has produced a new documentary focusing on the Jewish American pilots who volunteered to fight in Israel's War of Independence.

In his new memoir, the former U.S. president misleads readers in a way that will forever shape their negative perspective of the Jewish state.

The tunnel, which is described in a number of Israeli memoirs about the War of Independence, caved in before it could be used to annihilate the city’s Jewish population.

At the kangaroo court known as the UN, Canada’s throwing Israel to the wolves in orrder to get a rotating seat on the Security Council is morally repugnant.

Jerusalem Day—celebrated on the 28th of Iyar, is the Hebrew date on which the divided city of Jerusalem was reunited.

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.

There's an important lesson to be learned in this week's Torah portion: Take the time to look at the 'big picture' and think things through before making a major decision. 

Whenever progressives decry the 'illegal’ Israeli occupation or question its very legitimacy, they should be asked three basic questions.

Despite using out of date equipment, shot down an Egyptian Spitfire on June 8, 1948.

Following the celebration of 50 years of modern Jewish life in Judea and Samaria, the IDF registered over 200 acres of Jewish land there, which is the first step in expanding construction in the area.

The PA is requesting that UNESCO register the Cave of the Patriarchs, Judaism's second-holiest spot, as a Palestinian World Heritage site,

Before the 1967 Six Day War between Israel and the surrounding Arab nations, who was the underdog and who was the bully?

Addressing Jewish students around the world, Bennett stresses not only the ancient ties to Jerusalem, but its promise for the future.

On July 20, 1949, the Syrian-Israeli Armistice was signed. Syria was the last of the Arab countries that had attacked the newly established State of Israel to sign an armistice agreement.

Here's a powerful video that celebrates the IDF doing its best to protect Israel – and succeeding - with lots of help from Above.

A visit to Yad Vashem is emotionally charged, as is a visit to Mount Herzl cemetery, but somehow, the Connecting Path helps us channel our emotions in a hopeful direction.

On February 22, 1948, Palestinian Arab terrorists, with the help of British deserters, bombed Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem. It was the first of many that would occur over the years in that location.

Understanding the synagogues and yeshivot (study halls) of the Old City and their history is a fascinating way to measure the heartbeat throughout the generations.

Exactly 68 years ago, the UN approved the partition of the Land of Israel, then Mandatory Palestine under British rule, into two states - one Jewish and one Arab.

Shortly after Israel's stunning Six Day War victory, UN Resolution 242 was unanimously adopted as the basis for a Middle East peace treaty based on land for peace.

US news network MSNBC presented misleading and inaccurate Palestinian propaganda maps as fact in a segment that justified the current wave of Palestinian terrorism against Israelis.

According to several historical sources, the ancient Jewish community in Yemen preceded the destruction of the First Holy Temple in Jerusalem in the year 586 BCE.

In 1967, Israel successfully reunited Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish people, and once again, Jaffa Gate was in Jewish hands along with the other gates of the Old City.

The ammunition plant was on a kibbutz that to the average observer was no more than a collective farm. Almost 30 feet below ground, however, was another world.

The Second Temple model at the Israel Museum is a fascinating creation well worth seeing. It is situated near the Knesset, the Supreme Court, the Bible Lands Museum and other interesting sites.

A UN inquiry confirmed that at least three schools were used by terrorists to hide weapons and that rockets were likely fired from them on at least two occasions.

The War of Independence is not over. Whether it’s Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad or BDS and other anti-Israel, anti-Jewish movements, we are fighting for our existence.

Lou Lenart, a US Marine Corps pilot during World War II who later helped thwart an Egyptian advance on Tel Aviv in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence, died Monday at age 94.

Compared to other official residences of national leaders, such as the White House, it is extremely understated. This is no accident.

This week in Israel's history, Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett Reports to the Knesset on the Status of Israel’s Frontiers and President Lyndon Johnson Outlines Five Principles for Peace in the Middle East

The Jewish connection to Gush Etzion is so deep, it is no wonder that in the 20th century numerous attempts were made to resettle the area.

By the end of 1949 and throughout the Jordanian occupation of the site, Arab residents uprooted tombstones and plowed the land. Over 38,000 tombstones were damaged

It is no exaggeration to say that the fighters at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai played a critical role in saving the newly born modern State of Israel from annihilation.

Any visit to Tel Aviv is incomplete without a stop at Independence Hall on 16 Rothschild Street, the location where the State of Israel was declared.

A petition calling on the university to cancel the conference garnered more than 6,000 signatures, with many claiming it would turn into an Israel-bashing event.

This week in Israel's History: Arab rebellion breaks out in British Mandatory Palestine and Yitzhak Rabin leads a relief convoy into Jerusalem.

This Week in History presents Churchill voices support for Zionists; Israel and Jordan Sign Armistice Agreement.