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Tag: Israel Declaration of Independence

What “judicial reform” is really about

On April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 By Martin Kramer

The crisis in Israel goes way beyond judges and courts.

Israel: 74 years of independence

On May 4, 2022October 19, 2022 By Martin Kramer

Israel's declaration of independence: this is the day to reread it.

Declaring Israel united it

On November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 By Martin Kramer

Not the spirit of a person or a party, but of a people.

Israel’s default constitution

On November 2, 2021 By Martin Kramer

Israel's declaration of independence isn't a constitution. Or is it?

The right of the Jewish people

On September 23, 2021 By Martin Kramer

There are no individual rights without this collective one.

Did the UN create Israel?

On August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 By Martin Kramer

How Israel's founders cherry-picked the UN partition resolution.

When state met religion in Israel

On July 22, 2021July 23, 2021 By Martin Kramer

Placing their trust in the Rock of Israel, they declared Israel's independence. Whose rock?

Which “we” declared Israel’s independence?

On June 20, 2021August 2, 2021 By Martin Kramer

Who really declared the state of Israel? And who didn't want to call the state Israel?

Israel, the (independent) state

On May 24, 2021June 20, 2021 By Martin Kramer

Israel didn't declare independence in 1948. It declared statehood. The difference?

Israel declares independence: new series

On April 14, 2021April 16, 2021 By Martin Kramer

May 14, 1948. Ben-Gurion strikes a gavel. My new series on Israel's Declaration of Independence.

1948: Why the name Israel?

On April 27, 2020July 14, 2020 By Martin Kramer

How did Israel get its name? A process of elimination.

Free online course! Declaring Israel’s Independence

On March 3, 2020June 28, 2020 By Martin Kramer

What do you know about Israel's Declaration of Independence?

The rise of Israel in three acts

On May 8, 2019June 28, 2020 By Martin Kramer

If Zionism were a play, these three would share the lead.

Efraim Karsh weighs in

On April 16, 2018 By Martin Kramer

Efraim Karsh probes the Truman-Marshall tussle over Israel.

The vote that really made Israel

On April 2, 2018 By Martin Kramer

A forgotten vote made the State of Israel. Not the vote you think.

Martin Kramer

I am a historian of the Middle East at Tel Aviv University, and research it at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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