The idea that creating a Palestinian state would bring peace is “folly, nothing more than folly,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Sunday evening at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem. Addressing an audience that included diplomats and policymakers, Netanyahu pointed to the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack as proof of the dangers inherent in empowering Palestinian leadership.

A newly revealed handwritten diary excerpt by David Ben-Gurion, penned on May 14, 1948, offers an unprecedented glimpse into the inner world of Israel’s founding father on the day the Jewish state was born. Unveiled by the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute and the Ben-Gurion Archives ahead of Israel’s 77th Independence Day, the discovery sheds light on a leader weighed down by existential fears even as the nation celebrated.

A rare archaeological treasure will soon be unveiled just in time for Israel’s Independence Day celebrations. The Israel Antiquities Authority announced this week that a 1,500-year-old limestone capital, adorned with an intricately carved menorah, will be put on public display at the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel. The capital, featuring an eight-branched menorah, was unearthed five years ago during bridge construction at the entrance to Jerusalem near Motza, a community steeped in historical significance.

The Olympic Committee of Israel unveiled a deeply emotional tribute this week in memory of Captain Eden Nimri, a professional swimmer and IDF commander who was killed during Hamas’s brutal assault on the Nahal Oz base on October 7, 2023. In a special Memorial Day gesture, the committee officially changed its logo to incorporate Nimri’s own handwriting, embedding the word "Israel" in Hebrew as she had once written it.