Independence Day

'I just want to apologize': UFC champion claims he was uninvited from White House UFC event

UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland claimed he was removed from the White House’s 250th Independence Day UFC event, joking he wasn’t “Israeli enough” due to his criticism of US policy.

US President Donald Trump shows a rendering of the upcoming "UFC Freedom 250" event as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on May 6, 2026, in Washington, DC. An Ultimate Fighting Championship event will be staged on the White House's South Lawn in June. The June 14 event has been dubbed
People visit the graves of Israeli soldiers at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 16, 2026, days before Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day).

From Remembrance Day to Independence Day as a new immigrant to Israel - opinion

US President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) on the sidelines of a visit to Zhongnanhai Garden on May 15, 2026 in Beijing, China.

Trump to hold 'National Jubilee of Prayer,' raising concerns about separation of church and state

 Jewish men dance with Israeli flags during Jerusalem Day celebrations at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2025.

Jerusalem Day: Israelis cannot afford to take a united Jerusalem for granted - opinion


Your Investments: Is it still possible to achieve financial independence?

"The rich invest their money and spend what is left; the poor spend their money and invest what is left." – Jim Rohn

 A WOMAN withdraws money from a Bank Hapoalim ATM in Tel Aviv in March.

Remembrance Day, Independence Day: Memory of the past and building the dream of the future

As we move this week from Remembrance Day – when we risk drowning in sorrow – to Independence Day – when we soar in celebration – we carry both the tears and the triumphs with us.

 ‘VISION AND Tranquility,’ Eden Wolfgur, from Beit Hillel’s illustrated Grace After Meals booklet ‘For the Good and Gracious Land.’

US ambassador Huckabee honored at United Hatzalah Independence Day event in Jerusalem

Huckabee emphasized Israel’s right to “exist in safety and freedom,” and affirmed Jerusalem as the “indisputable, indivisible capital of the Jewish State.”

 US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee receives the United Hatzalah Lifesaving Award, at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, May 1, 2025.

Editor's Notes: They broke me. That’s when I knew I’d never leave Israel

Golda Meir said it best: “We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs – we have no place to go.”

 AT MY lowest point, I found clarity: Israel is my choice – again and again.

77 years later, saving the country is still the central mission - opinion

At a time when questions of national identity dominate the discourse, Israel’s experiment of uniting Jews from around the world should be a source of inspiration.

 PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE near the Knesset against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government. Vast sections of the population are convinced that decisions are being made for political survival at the cost of human lives, the writer maintains.

PM Netanyahu’s bodyguards wear masks at ceremonies fearing arrests abroad

At various Independence Day ceremonies, close-up shots of soldiers were also avoided due to similar concerns.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security guards with masks on their faces, May 1, 2025.

Activist group vandalizes Knesset menorah with blood, fake corpses to protest war in Gaza

The group also left signs reading , “Celebrating 77 years of Jewish supremacy and ethnic cleansing” and “Isolate Israel! Stop the genocide.”

 Activists from the group ‘Free Jerusalem’ placed blood-splattered effigies shaped like corpses in front of the Knesset Menorah, May 1, 2025.

IDF preparing to deliver a 'decisive blow' against Hamas, IDF chief Zamir says at soldiers ceremony

The purpose of the ceremony is to honor outstanding soldiers in the IDF.

IDF expanded their military acticity in the area of Daraj Tuffah in Gaza City to expand the security zone in the area on April 12, 2025.

Victory over Hamas most important war goal says Netanyahu, hostage families respond

Netanyahu also announced that 18 suspects have been arrested over arson related to Wednesday's wildfires.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu – no longer brave.

Independence Day 2025: A 'conversation' with great figures of Israeli, Zionist history - opinion

My questions, their words – genuine quotes spanning 130 years of vision and anticipation.

 AN AI-GENERATE image of a theoretical Zoom chat with some of the visionaries who helped create modern-day Israel.