Israel's Declaration of Independance

Israel marks 59th Jerusalem Day with Old City flag march, nationwide celebrations

This year, the holiday fell on May 14, which is also the anniversary of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

Israelis take part in the annual Jerusalem Day flag march in the capital, May 14, 2026
Ambassador Oren Rozenblat receives the recognition from Dr. Luis Andrade.

Two human rights groups recognize global significance of Israel’s Declaration of Independence 

 An illustrative image of a man holding an Israeli flag.

Israel 2048: New report by Henry Jackson Society looks at possible future strategy for Israel

Robert Capa

Jewish war photographer Robert Capa's life and work honored in Budapest


Druze spiritual leader urges Netanyahu to adjust Nation-State Law

"Now is the time for the government and the Knesset to initiate a change to the Nation-State Law and repair the historical distortion regarding the Druze community," Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif wrote.

 Mowafaq Tarif, head of the Druze community in Israel at a ceremony held for outgoign Supreme Court judge George Karra, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022.

Today's political debate over the judiciary is crucial to our future - opinion

The gift of the founding generation must not be squandered.

 The High Court hearing of the government's judicial reform reasonableness bill on September 12, 2023

If the Declaration of Independence falls, Israeli unity will fall too - opinion

This last bastion of consensus is under attack. If it succeeds, there will no longer be any text around which the State of Israel and Israeli society can unite.

 THE ORIGINAL scroll of the Declaration of Independence: The words are not a hastily drafted text; they are constitutive words, the writer argues.

Gallant defends Declaration of Independence as first chapter of unwritten constitution

The Declaration has seen renewed significance in recent months, used as a rallying banner by anti-judicial reform factions in opposition to the legal overhaul.

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

Does the Declaration of Independence allow court to strike basic laws?

Reformists and coalition politicians will need to shore up their arguments as to why the court doesn't have the right to engage in a review of basic laws.

 FIRST PRIME MINISTER David Ben-Gurion reads Israel’s Declaration of Independence in Tel Aviv, on May 14, 1948

Israeli Declaration of Independence displayed on WZO building

The decision of promoting the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the World Zionist Congress; and was promoted by the liberal factions of the Zionist Movement.

The World Zionist Organization building in Tel Aviv, overlooking Leonardo da Vinci Street, displayes the Declaration of Independence September 12, 2023

Israel's government attorney questions 'hasty' Declaration of Independence

Justice Yitzhak Amit said that democracy doesn’t usually die all at once, “democracy dies in small steps.”

 A colorized image of David Ben-Gurion reading Israel’s Declaration of Independence in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948.

Israel's Declaration of Independence is a worthy document, not a billboard - opinion

On Israel’s Declaration of Independence

A copy of the Declaration of Independence hangs from the Brain Research Building on the Bar-Ilan University campus.