Menachem Begin

Israel’s next political upheaval will come from the Right - opinion

The Israeli Right is not merely wasting votes. It may be wasting the makings of an entire government. The tragedy begins when each concludes that being qualified for first makes third unacceptable.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir holds a press conference with new Otzma Yehudit MK Tally Gotliv, in Tel Aviv, September 4, 2026
SARA NETANYAHU has implied that Democrats Party leader Yair Golan had prior knowledge of Hamas’s invasion plans. Although he might be ill-informed about his party’s history and agenda, Golan is neither a villain nor a turncoat, the writer maintains.

Middle Israel: Why is Sara Netanyahu going to war against Yair Golan? - opinion

 Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu attends a protest in Tel Aviv, November 27, 2024

What do the Altalena and the Heritage Ministry have to do with the approaching elections? - opinion

The Irgun's dismantled Altalena ship is seen off the coast of Tel Aviv, 1948. (Archive)

The Altalena’s enduring lesson: Israel must choose unity over division - opinion


'Providence and Power': Examining the statesmanship of Jewish leaders - review

Providence and Power is bookended by portraits of King David and, in the penultimate chapter, Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin.

 Prime minister Menachem Begin’s first meeting with Egyptian president Anwar Sadat at the Egyptian Embassy in Washington on April 25, 1979.

Biden, Blinken, and a nod to ‘Palestine’: US relations with Israel - opinion

Israel, it appears, in expecting continued American assistance, needs to deal with quite transparent new American diplomatic and financial moves that promote a Palestinian state. 

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House, last Thursday. He declared that Israel’s response in Gaza is ‘over the top.’

A new vision is needed to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - opinion

If world leaders, including Israeli and Palestinian leaders, truly want an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, they need to stop focusing on old ideas that expired a long time ago.

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU walks in front of a poster of Menachem Begin at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

Heroes of Israel provide hope to the nation during war - opinion

The future is bright – because Israel is a land of heroes.

 THE WRITER visits Moshav Netiv Ha’asara following the October 7 attacks.

Donald Trump tells visitors at Miami golf resort: 'I gave you Golan Heights'

The Golan Heights were captured by the State of Israel from Syria in the Six Day War in 1967.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump hold up the signed document acknowledging Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, on March 25, 2019

On Israel’s 75th, founding fighters warn internal division could end Zionist dream

War of Independence fighters and a leading historian express concern over the rift brought about by the government’s judicial overhaul.

 Tel Aviv University Prof. (emeritus) Anita Shapira.

This brutal dictator helped bring about the Israel-Egypt peace - opinion

Paradoxically, it was a ruthless Romanian Stalinist who helped initiate the process that started with Sadat’s groundbreaking 1977 visit to Jerusalem.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin and then-Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu walk in the garden of the presidential residence near Bucharest, in August 1977.

Grapevine March 1, 2023: Between Jerusalem and Rome

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 SOME OF the members of the Indian Embassy team who ran in the Tel Aviv Marathon.

How should Avraham Stern be remembered? - opinion

The once Zionist renegade is now part of the Israeli mainstream - but was he more terrorist or freedom fighter?

 OVER THE decades since his death, Avraham “Yair” Stern has increasingly edged into the Israeli consensus, says the writer.

Yariv Levin, like Menachem Begin, can stop a Jewish civil war in Israel - analysis

Like his literal godfather Menachem Begin, Yariv Levin has the power to defuse a combustible situation that could conceivably lead to internecine violence in Israel.

 Former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Justice Minister Yariv Levin. The two both had the chance to stop a Jewish civil war.