Jerusalem: Israel issued a warning to the terrorist organisation Hamas, which has been launching rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip for two consecutive weeks. Israel’s National Security Minister Iatmar Ben-Gvir warned that Israel would fire 50 missiles in response even if one rocket were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip. If the […]
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About 75 years ago, India and Israel achieved independence in the years 1947 and 1948, respectively. However, informal relations between the countries are centuries-old. Some two thousand years back, the first batch of the Jews is believed to have arrived in India. Following them, over the next hundreds of years, many groups of the Jews […]
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Stretched over all of about 20-21 thousand square kilometers, Israel has achieved spectacular progress in several fields like science, technology, agriculture, water management, etc. However, these are not the only reasons for which Israel is known internationally. Today, a mighty superpower like the United States feels the need to maintain and honour its friendship with […]
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Israeli society, though appears much like any other society in the world, is deeply rooted in Judaism and is closely tied to the Jewish culture. As a result, tours are organized in Israel that showcase the Israeli culture that is blessed with thousands of years of rich heritage. Also held are the excursions which challenge […]
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For survival, newborn Israel continued untiring efforts in several areas including – settlements building, water supply, agriculture, fish farming, etc. As these efforts persisted, the Israeli stalwarts gave a special push to develop Israel as a ‘society’. After the Israeli War of Independence ended, and once ‘existence’ itself ceased to be a question, the social […]
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Arts and culture reflect the image of a nation. They also represent the nature and the feelings of its people. The works and forms of arts created in a country through various periods help understand the proclivity of the masses in those times. Israel is primarily a Jewish state. It was because of Judaism that […]
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We have seen the progress achieved by Israel when it comes to the fields of building development towns, deserting farming, water management, alternative water sources, fish farming and aquaculture as we move ahead witnessing the journey of Israel, full of untiring efforts, from being an underdeveloped country to a developed nation. However, these are the […]
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“We… hereby declare the establishment of a Jewish State in Eretz-Israel, to be known as the State of Israel” – declared David Ben-Gurion in a solemn voice. On the 14th of May, 1948, the ceremony commenced with a rendition of ‘Hatikvah’ (later recognized as the national anthem of Israel)following which, Ben-Gurion’s solemn voice was heard […]
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All the events of taking place in the 1930s were leading to major adversity, a crisis for the Jewish people. In 1933, the Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler seized power in Germany. On 30 January 1933, Hitler ascended to power, and within no time from this event, the Jews staying in Germany started to feel […]
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The tireless efforts and persuasion put in by the Jewish thinkers like Judah Bibas, Zvi Hirsch Kalischer and Judah Alkalai (a student of Judah Bibas), to draw the Jews settled in the diaspora to Jerusalem bore the much desired fruit and many Jews returned to the Holy Land towards the end of the 18th century […]
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