Israel’s Diamond Jubilee: A Testament to Unapologetic Self-Affirmation

People gather at an open-air restaurant in Jaffa across from the Israeli port city of Tel Aviv, on April 13, 2019. Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel’s “Day of Independence,” marks the establishment of the modern state of Israel. On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine, publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence.