Moshe Dayan

British-born Israeli actress Caroline Langford dies at 68 after battle with cancer

Born in London in 1958, Langford was the daughter of British television director Barry Langford and moved to Israel with her family when she was 14.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Caroline Langford.
MOSHE DAYAN and Jordanian Lt.-Col. Abdullah El Tell reach a ceasefire agreement in Jerusalem, Nov. 30, 1948.

'Moshe Dayan': Shedding analytical light on an Israeli war hero - review

Moshe Dayan: The Making of a Strategist is an outstanding book on multiple levels, offering valuable historical assessments and useful derivative opportunities to learn from Israel’s past.

|ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
A person holds a cut-out depicting late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, demonstrate to show solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and to condemn the U.S. strikes in Yemen, in Sanaa, Yemen April 11, 2025.

On This Day: IDF soldier fatally shoots Hamas arch-terrorist, Oct. 7 mastermind, Yahya Sinwar

Sources close to the matter told The Jerusalem Post at the time that the operation was not intended to kill Sinwar, implying that soldiers found him through coincidence.

|ByJAMES GENN
US PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter announces new sanctions against Iran in retaliation for taking US hostages, at the White House, April 7, 1980.

What's the verdict on Jimmy Carter after looking at his successes and failures? - opinion

The first Arab-Israeli peace deal will forever be his trophy, and the Khomeini Revolution will be his disgrace.

|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

MUZA, Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv debuts exhibit on Mizrahi fashion brand Maskit

Maskit was founded by Ruth Dayan, the wife of defense minister Moshe Dayan.

JULY 30, 2024ByHANNAH BROWN
THE EXHIBIT honoring the iconic Israeli Maskit fashion house.

Former MK Yael Dayan passes away at the age of 85

Yael Dayan, former MK and advocate for women's and LGBTQ+ rights, remembered for her leadership and trailblazing legislative efforts.

MAY 18, 2024ByELI ASHKENAZI
Yael Dayan

Irwin Gerson’s ‘Generation Making It’ - opinion

Irwin Gerson, who just passed away at the age of 93, combined Mel Brooks's wit with Moshe Dayan's grit.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023ByGIL TROY
THE WRITER’S uncle, Irwin Gerson, marks his bar mitzvah in 1943, amid World War II. He called for a Jewish state for ‘the homeless Jewish wanderers.’

Moshe Dayan: Israel’s flawed hero

Dayan’s public and private faults do not eclipse his greatness, and maybe his shortcomings make for a more representative hero of his era and his country.

MAY 18, 2023ByMARK REGEV
THEN-DEFENSE minister Moshe Dayan surveys the western side of the Suez Canal with Maj.-Gen. Ariel Sharon, in October 1973. When Egypt and Syria surprised Israel on Yom Kippur, Dayan feared destruction.

Killing jihad commanders amplifies an illusion - opinion

The killing of the jihad commanders is justified, but it does not eradicate these roots, it nurtures them.

MAY 15, 2023ByAVI GIL
A FUNERAL procession takes place for Islamic Jihad commander Ali Ghali and his brother, Mahmoud, who were killed in an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on Thursday.

Israeli culture minister fails to name single icon Yehonatan Geffen song

Not only was Geffen a songwriter, journalist, author, poet, playwright, actor and satirist, he was an Israeli cultural icon.

APRIL 21, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Likud parliament member Miki Zohar reacts during an arrangements committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 13, 2020.

Jerusalem highlights September 16-22

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022ByHAGAY HACOHEN
CASTLES IN the Air.

Two kinds of Jews: Bar Kochba was not an ancient Moshe Dayan - opinion

Bar Kochba would have admired Moshe Dayan’s heroism but they were two different Jews separated by millennia.

MAY 17, 2022ByELI KAVON
BAR KOCHBA WOULD have admired Moshe Dayan’s heroism but they were two different Jews separated by millennia

Remembering Ruth Dayan, an Israeli matriarch

The story of her life, which she described as cinematic, is inextricably intertwined with that of the Jewish state.

FEBRUARY 9, 2021ByPATRICIA GOLAN
Ruth Dayan shows a handmade blouse to Israeli beauty queen Sarah Tal at Maskit’s store on Tel Aviv’s Ben Yehuda Street in 1956.

Ruth Dayan, matriarch of an Israeli dynasty, dies at 103

Dayan was the first wife of legendary former-IDF chief of staff and defense minister Moshe Dayan.

FEBRUARY 6, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Ruth Dayan, wife of former minister Moshe Dayan, passed away age 103, February 5, 2021