Six-day war

Yohanan Elishuv, last surviving fighter who raised Eilat's Ink Flag in 1948, dies at 95

During the first truce in June 1948, Elishuv was transferred to the southern front under Uzi Narkiss. He was wounded after driving over a mine, but returned to combat after recovering.

Yohanan Elishuv during the War of Independance.
Palestinian women walk past a mural of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Hebron on the 21st anniversary of Arafat’s death. Ruth Wasserman Lande argues that the Palestinian narrative was created by the Soviet Union.

Middle Israel: How Jews and Palestinians became masters of historical denial

Simcha Applebaum serving as deputy commander within the 188th Brigade.

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

Herzl Budinger, Architect of Israel’s Air Power in Lebanon

Herzl Budinger, architect of Israel’s air power in Lebanon, passes away at 82


Center Field: Cowards fear celebrating Jerusalem’s ‘Jew-bilee’

Looking toward this meaningful milestone, can’t we try, for once, to appreciate Israel because of a happy event, not a trauma; can’t we embrace the Jewish state out of love, not dread?

IDF Paratroopers relax after liberating the Western Wall during the Six Day War

Meeting history face to face in ‘Azimuth’

American-Israeli actor Mike Burstyn speaks to the "Post" on directing and writing his first film revolving around the Six Day War.

ACTORS YIFTACH KLEIN (left) and Sammy Sheik (center) with director Mike Burstyn on the set of ‘Azimuth

Veterans: Gentleman’s politics

Anti-Semitism in England built up John de Frece’s Zionist fervor

John de Frece.

Ammunition Hill: More than a memorial

The historic site faces a challenge to remain relevant and attract tourists as a “must see” attraction in Jerusalem.

Alon Wald (left) with visitors at Ammunition Hill

Borderline Views: Rethinking the future of Jerusalem

It is time for leaders of both sides to move beyond the slogans and the mantras of the past 47 years, as though the city has not changed during this period.

Jerusalem light rail

Yitzhak Rabin’s legacy reconsidered

Rabin’s legacy was the “Oslo process” which shifted national momentum from Zionism and Jewish sovereignty to Palestinianism and the “two state” delusion.

Thousands rally at the memorial for slain premier Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv

Green Lines and Red Lines

Should dialogue fail to resolve the EU’s new Red Lines to its satisfaction, they could well turn into ultimata to Israel, with tightening of sanctions as the deterrent.

The E1 territory, located outside of Jerusalem and within the jurisdiction of the Ma'aleh Adumim settlement

Hear, hear!

Stop for a history lesson at northern sites with audio information centers.

A ‘masbiran’ at the Kinarti lookout.

From a former submariner: Mazel tov to the Israeli navy!

The I.N.S Tannin (named after the biblical sea monster) is sleek and mysterious, even more so than her older sisters; she is also much more technologically advanced than her older sisters.

Tanin submarine

The Success of Occupation and the Failure of Withdrawal

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