TODAY* 10 Iyar we mark the National Herzl Day to commemorate the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl! Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted the effort to establish a Jewish State.
On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181, proposing to divide the territory of the British Mandate in Palestine into two states — Jewish and Arab, with Jerusalem to be made an international zone.