British mandate

My Word: Still bringing them home - opinion

The remains and personal effects of IDF Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz had been located and would be buried in Israel – 44 years after he disappeared in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.

Yehuda Katz.
The ruins of the King David Hotel bombing.

The blast that still echoes: The King David Hotel bombing, 80 years on

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a memorial ceremony for Ze’ev Jabotinsky at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, last year.

How Ze'ev Jabotinsky shaped Israel's Right and liberal democracy - opinion

Nathan Straus

Macy’s magnate Nathan Straus used his fortune to combat disease in New York and Mandatory Palestine


100 years later, how has the Balfour Declaration shaped Israel's conflicts?

At its centennial, scholars and descendants of the British statesman discuss the history of the Balfour Declaration and what it means today.

Arthur James Balfour

The Centennial of the Balfour Declaration

...and Lord Balfour in Eretz Yisrael in 1925

The Balfour Declaration

1947: Jailed by the British for not blowing a shofar at the Kotel

The story of the last Jew taken to prison for not blowing the shofar.

Blowing the shofar at the Western Wall before Rosh Hashana

UK–Israel relations: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration

Today we are also secured by our ties in trade, investment, security, cooperation, technology and science, for the benefit of the peoples of both countries.

UK AND Israeli flags together at a march in London.

Escape from Cyprus: The story of ‘Hatikva'

As the passengers sang loudly, the Palestinian sawed the lock from a hatch cover in the floor of their cage.

Hatikvah crew members in Cyprus (from left) Hugh McDonald, Sam Gordon, Harold Katz, Joe Gilden and Murray Greenfield.

A state of their own: A new exploration of the life of Ze’ev Jabotinsky

Heller is most adept at analyzing how Jabotinsky held on to the reins of his followers even when they took steps that made him personally uncomfortable.

Zeev Jabotinsky

Max of Arabia

A 100-year-old bestseller managed to predict some of the future.

Men on camels near Wadi Rum

Ex-Mossad chief: Jewish spies were instrumental in Balfour Declaration

Efraim Halevy highlights role of NILI espionage network in creation of Israel.

A LARGE ROLE in securing the Balfour Declaration was played by the Jewish underground movement headed by Aaron Aaronsohn, seen at the rear of this family photograph.

First Israeli monument to ‘Exodus’ inaugurated in Haifa

“The drama of the Exodus is an integral part of the founding of the State of Israel.”

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Will the Queen come to Israel for the Balfour Declaration Centenary?

President Reuven Rivlin reiterated his invitation to the British monarch while at a meeting in Jerusalem with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.

Queen Elizabeth