Menachem Begin

Israel and Egypt: Frosty neighbors' ties tested by Iran war, but remain stable

Operation Roaring Lion has Egypt and Israel on the same side. But what will happen when the war with Iran ends?

|ByLINDA GRADSTEIN
Then-US President Jimmy Carter (C) congratulates Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat and prime minister Menachem Begin in three-way handshake on March 26, 1979 at the White House, after signing the historic US-sponsored peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Christian Conference in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2025

Israel's opposition shapes a narrative of authoritarianism - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opposition portrays him as a threat to democracy, stoking public anxiety over Israel’s future.

|ByYISRAEL MEDAD
Werner Braun's 1964 picture of five nuns in the Valley of the Cross in Jerusalem is a symphony in monochrome.

Capturing a nation: Werner Braun’s photographic journey

Experience Israel’s history through Werner Braun’s lens at the Between Water and Sky exhibition at MUZA, Ramat Aviv.

|ByBARRY DAVIS
CLOUDS OVER a village on the Golan Heights

Israel’s law shaped Trump’s historic recognition of Golan Heights - opinion

President Donald Trump’s 2019 recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights sparked global debate over law, history, and security.

|ByURI PILICHOWSKI

Arts center in Golan Heights to be named for fmr. US ambassador David Friedman

The arts center is being named after Friedman to signify the importance of the Trump administration's recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli soldiers look towards Syria across the border from Mount Bental before a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights November 19, 2020.

Menachem Begin's legacy and today's Likud party - comment

Begin was representative of a generation of Jews for whom the Holocaust and the struggle for independence were formative experiences.  

AUGUST 26, 2022ByMARK REGEV
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU walks in front of a poster of Menachem Begin at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

A rare, historic meeting with Israeli PM Begin amid the 1982 Lebanon War

The 1982 meeting with Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin didn't lead to an interview, but it gave a unique and unforgettable encounter at a key moment in the history of Israel.

AUGUST 11, 2022BySTEVE NORTH
The author standing next to a photo of Begin at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

Meet the Canadian-Israeli playwright lauded for a play on Menachem Begin

"While I’m grateful for the Prime Minister’s Prize, my new goal is to make it to the Nashville Hall of Fame."

JUNE 2, 2022BySTEVE LINDE
Gabriel Emanuel receives the award from Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

Grapevine April 24, 2022: A timely decision

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 23, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin, with press adviser Shlomo Nakdimon at his side, during his press statement after the Camp David Accords in 1978.

Is the ‘Begin Doctrine’ still relevant for Israel against Iran?

Even if the “Begin Doctrine” exists, it does not mean that Israel will always be able to implement it.

MARCH 31, 2022ByYAAKOV KATZ
PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin holds a special press conference to announce the Osirak reactor bombing, June 9, 1981. Also present: Uri Porat, PM media adviser (L) and IDF Chief of Staff Rafael ‘Raful’ Eitan (R).

Menachem Begin was from another league of historic proportions - top aide

Begin’s top aide Dan Meridor discusses how the premier laid the basis for the Abraham Accords, Iraq-Iran nuke comparisons, compassion for refugees.

MARCH 31, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
THEN-CABINET SECRETARY Dan Meridor (L) accompanies Prime Minister Menachem Begin before his testimony to the inquiry commission on the Sabra and Shatila massacres, Jerusalem, 1982.

Remembering Menachem Begin with his GPO director

Ze’ev Chafets, head of the Government Press Office during Begin’s tenure, reveals why no one ever impressed him as much as the prime minister.

MARCH 31, 2022ByMICHAEL STARR
HE ‘WAS very charismatic in a strange way’: The young revolutionary speaks in 1949, in front of a likeness of his mentor, Revisionist Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky.

On This Day: Israel and Egypt sign a historic peace treaty

The Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty was the first between Israel and its surrounding Arab nations.

MARCH 26, 2022ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin at the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1979

Menachem Begin's legacy and the security of Israel - opinion

His legacy sheds light on Israel’s responsibility as a nation-state to Jews worldwide, particularly in times of crisis.

MARCH 17, 2022ByMICHAL COTLER-WUNSH
FAMILIES OF Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengistu pose at a news conference in 2018 where they called for the release of the two Israeli civilians from Hamas captivity.