Democratic House speaker tells Washington Post Israel is 'one of the greatest accomplishments of the 20th century.' Jewish state celebrated 71 years of independence on Thursday.

“The people of Israel have attained the pinnacle of their existence," wrote Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, just one day after officially declaring the State of Israel’s independence. The item will be put up for public auction next week at the Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem.

Museum authorities at the former Nazi death camp have protested to an online vendor that was selling miniskirts, pillows and other items bearing photos of the camp, where some 1.1 million people were killed during World War II.

Unchained, and yet somehow tethered to a Jewish and regional past, today’s Israeli cuisine blends European, Arabic and Asian traditions in a visual audacity that erases taste borders.

We need to understand that the shockwaves from a clash between the U.S. and Iran, if it indeed occurs, will reach us. If attacked, Tehran will unleash it proxies, chief among them Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, against Israel.