Several of the many incidents became symbolic of the beginning of a four-year battle that would become known as the Second Intifada.

Almost immediately upon landing in Israel, the Americans were told that Egyptian forces were a mere six miles from Tel Aviv, and that if they did not attack immediately, there would be ten thousand Egyptian troops in Tel Aviv the next morning.27 So they took off, flying primitive, single-engine planes on their first bombing missions, and quickly ch

JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION were not the only ones who would find refuge and forge new lives in the Jewish state. As civil war raged in Ethiopia, with famine contributing to its dire state of affairs, world Jewry became particularly concerned for the fate of the Jewish community there. Taking a page from Operation Magic Carpet some thirty-five years e

The once-in-two-millennia chance to establish a Jewish state seemed to be slipping through the fingers of the Yishuv, and decisive action was needed. In March 1948, Ben-Gurion instructed the Haganah to “gain control of the territory of the Hebrew state and defend its borders.” So began Plan Dalet (Plan “D”). According to the plan, if Arab towns wer