The modern state of Israel dates back to the United Nations Partition Plan of 1947. The UN General Assembly divided the British mandate of Palestine into two homelands - one for the Jews and one for the Palestinians. Israel's independence was declare...

Yom HaZikaron is Israel's memorial day for its fallen soldiers. It is usually observed on the 4th of the Jewish calendar month of Iyar....

On Yom Yerushalayim, the Old City of Jerusalem was liberated during the Six Day War of 1967....