Menachem Begin

Israel's next election is a chance to end politics of division - opinion

The election campaign should focus on fixing Israel's biggest challenges instead of fueling political polarization.

|ByGIL TROY
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the IDF's 192nd pilot course graduation ceremony.
Gadi Taub sits down with Editor-in-chief Zvika Klein to retrace the defection that took him from Peace Now demonstrations to the front line of the fight over Israel's Supreme Court, its media and its national identity.

Who is Gadi Taub , the Labor prince who became the Israeli Left’s fiercest critic?

The historian, author and podcaster on his political journey, why he still backs Netanyahu, and what he calls the Left's "license to fabricate narratives".

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PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a memorial ceremony for Ze’ev Jabotinsky at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, last year.

How Ze'ev Jabotinsky shaped Israel's Right and liberal democracy - opinion

Jabotinsky represented the core Right wing of the pre-state political battles and campaigns ever since the turn of the 20th century. He stood in opposition to Chaim Weizmann and Ben-Gurion.

|ByYISRAEL MEDAD
Night view of Prague’s rotating ‘Head of Franz Kafka’ sculpture.

This month in Jewish history: Nobel and Noble

From Joseph’s birth to Entebbe’s rescue, discover the defining Jewish milestones, heroes, tragedies, and triumphs of Tammuz.

|BySTEVEN DRUCKER

New AI app lets you talk to historical figures, including Hitler

The "Historical Figures" app allows you to have conversations with any of 20,000 prominent people from history (including some key Israeli figures).

JANUARY 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, WALLA!
Adolf Hitler (R) with Commander-in-Chief of the German Army Walther von Brauchitsch, Warsaw, October 1939

Letters to the Editor January 16, 2023: Leave their cocoons

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

JANUARY 16, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Looking back at Egypt's Anwar Sadat's historic Jerusalem visit, 45 years ago - opinion

Anwar Sadat's visit was a game-changer: A harbinger of what Shimon Peres would later call “the new Middle East.”

NOVEMBER 24, 2022ByMARK REGEV
PRESIDENT ANWAR Sadat confers with prime minister Menachem Begin during Sadat’s historic visit to Jerusalem in November 1977

Is it time for a new approach to deal with the Iranian threat? -opinion

The Begin Doctrine has since served as the guiding Israeli principle dictating the use of “all means necessary” to prevent its enemies from acquiring nuclear weapons.

OCTOBER 2, 2022ByGIL MURCIANO
THE NATANZ uranium enrichment facility, south of Tehran, 2005: According to foreign reports, Israel’s effort has yielded a decade of operational successes, including the sabotage of the Natanz facility last year.

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).