Harry and Eddie tells the largely-unknown story President Harry S. Truman's unlikely friendship with his former business partner, Eddie Jacobson, which led to the creation of Israel in 1948. In 2008 ...

Re “In ‘48, Israel Did What It Had to Do,” by Benny Morris, Commentary, Jan. 26: I am the son of survivors of the ethnic cleansing committed by Israel in the Galilee village of Suhmata on Oct. 29, ...

The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Moriah Films continues its distinguished series of documentaries with “In Search of Peace Part One: 1948-1967,” which chronicles the first half of Israel’s existence.

More than 80 years ago, Albert Einstein famously declared, "Zionism springs from an even deeper motive than Jewish suffering. It is rooted in a Jewish spiritual tradition whose maintenance and ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — As a 4-year-old, Ghalia Abu Moteir was driven to live in a tent in Khan Younis after her family fled their home in what’s now Israel, escaping advancing Israeli forces.

This is the first report in book form from a member of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. Mr. Garcia-Granados, chief of Guatemala’s delegation to the UN, started with no views about ...