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?

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

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

CLOUDS OVER a village on the Golan Heights

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


Dublin’s Jewish lord mayor recalls meeting Zionist leaders

Ben Briscoe reminisces about meeting his father’s old comrade Menachem Begin, and his Jewish roots.

 BEN BRISCOE, Dublin’s second Jewish mayor, today 88.

Pastor John Hagee: Israel must never allow Iran to get a nuclear bomb

CUFI founder receives "Support of Israel Award" at annual Begin Symposium

 Pastor John Hagee speaks at the Menachem Begin Center on March 13, 2022

The Begin Symposium 2022 – 'Securing the Nation'

 The Menachem Begin Heritage Center

Letters to the editor March 9, 2022: Still holding out

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Menachem Begin continues to shape Israel's Zionist vision - opinion

Menachem Begin became prime minister in 1977 and died 30 years ago.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin (left) sits at the head of the government table in the Knesset plenum in 1983.

Harold ‘Smoky’ Simon dies at 101

Mahal legend and former IAF COO Harold 'Smoky' Simon dies at the ripe age of 101

Harold “Smoky” Simon

Grapevine February 20, 2022: Holocaust still discussed at major Jewish conferences

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR holds a Torah as he arrives at the entrance to Auschwitz for the annual March of the Living marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in May.

The Israeli-Egyptian ‘Bird of Peace’ trilogy

In the following trilogy, illustrator Richard Codor, Rabbi David Geffen and Judge Steve Adler share their story of the Israeli-Egyptian Bird of Peace.

 The original Bird of Peace illustration with three riders was created in 1978 for Arab TV by a rising cartoonist who is now quite famous, Richard Codor.

Begin and Jerusalem at Camp David

The issue of Jerusalem at the last minute nearly capsized the entire peace agreement with Egypt at Camp David over 40 years ago.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat greet each other at their first meeting at the Camp David summit as US president Jimmy Carter looks on in September 1978.

Menachem Begin's enduring legacy - interview with Center's CEO

I was amazed by the courage and daring of our prime minister, the government, and the leadership of the army to take such a brave action.

 A portrait of Menachem Begin in the Begin Center.