Yom Kippur War

50 years after Operation Entebbe, Israel honors fallen commander Yoni Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu memorialized his brother, Yoni Netanyahu, who was killed in a 1976 mission rescuing Israelis held hostage after a hijacked flight.

 THE THREE Netanyahu brothers (from L): Benjamin, Yoni and Iddo.
Simcha Applebaum serving as deputy commander within the 188th Brigade.

Holocaust survivor, Yom Kippur War hero Colonel Simcha Applebaum dies at 99

Playwright Art Feinglass ahead of the premiere of his new play, Jacob's Stepladder

New comedy-drama Jacob’s Stepladder to premiere at Jerusalem’s Khan Theater

Cohen performs in Ramat Gan, 2009.

The lost Leonard Cohen concerts in Israel may finally see the light of day


Kissinger stood with Israel when it mattered the most - editorial

After leaving office in 1977, Kissinger became more outspoken in favor of Israel, publicly declaring in a speech that year: “The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples.”

 Former Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger, speaks at the George W. Bush Presidential Center's 2019 Forum on Leadership in Dallas, Texas, U.S., April 11, 2019.

The real 'conceptzia' is endless occupation - opinion

The most profound and fundamental cause of the failures we are reckoning with today is the “concept” of maintaining the occupation as if we can contain its harmful implications.

Israeli soldiers block the entrance to the village of Beita, in the West Bank on September 13, 2023,

Israeli society has shown enormous resilience in response to Hamas massacre - opinion

We can be confident that Israeli society will be dramatically different after October 7. What we cannot know is what change is going to look like.

 SOLDIERS DANCE at a concert by singer Idan Raichel at an army base in the South, last month. In these days of trauma and war there may be room for optimism, says the writer.

These cookies cheered up Israeli soldiers in 1973. Now they are back

Try Ruth Sirkis' recipe, simple but delicious.


Hamas planned for massacre during Passover, Iran forced delay - report

The report noted that the information was uncovered during the interrogation of Hamas terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre.

 Israeli soldier around the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 30, 2023

'Eighteen Days in October': Strategy, diplomacy in the Yom Kippur War - review

Primarily a history of military tactics and strategy, Eighteen Days in October also addresses diplomacy, albeit briefly.

 PM MENACHEM BEGIN (R) and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat shake hands in the presence of a beaming US president Jimmy Carter at Camp David, Maryland, 1978. The peace treaty was signed March 26, 1979, and went into effect in January 1980.

Israeli POW from Yom Kippur War says Hamas hostages have it worse

Menachem Barkai was captured by an army during the Yom Kippur War. The Hamas hostages in Gaza now, though, were taken by a terrorist group.

 MENACHEM BARKAI with his parents in 1974, after his release.

Yom Kippur War veteran revisits old collection 50 years later

73-year-old internationally acclaimed Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai's exhibition of works fueled by wartime angst and post-trauma boosted by another local round of violence.

 ‘KIPPUR: WAR Requiem’ features a powerful cinematic installation.

'The Stronghold': A story of IDF soldiers feeling abandoned at war - review

Besides the graphic violence that is an integral part of The Stronghold, this series could prove difficult for some viewers right now because of the emotions it might arouse.

 SCENES FROM the mini-series ‘The Stronghold.’

Yom Kippur veterans beseech: ‘Treat this whole country for trauma’

Those who fought in Israel’s most devastating war and suffered severe trauma ask authorities not to wait before they treat soldiers and civilians alike for psychological damage.

RAMI GERSHON as a soldier (right) and today.