Writer: Dr. Mark Gold

May 14, 2015
4:00 am

The nation state that is Israel needs democracy

On May 15, 1948, just hours before Shabbat was to begin, the State of Israel was reborn, renewing sovereignty for the Jewish people in their homeland. Preceded by months of irregular fighting and set on the eve of an invasion, the Jews of British Mandate Palestine waited for answers as history was about to unfold. […]

By Dr. Mark Gold and Haim Simon