Yom Kippur War

After Independence Day, Israel faces its biggest test: Unity - opinion

An alternative Indpendence Day ceremony and rising internal divisions expose a troubling reality: Israel’s unity seems tied to crisis, not peace.

To wake up tomorrow morning with a new song in my heart/To sing it with strength, to sing it with pain - Naomi Shemer.
Yaakov Erez and Yitzhak Rabin

Yaakov Erez, former Maariv editor and Sokolov Prize winner, dies at 87

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes a statement on the situation in the Middle East, after Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 1, 2026.

Roaring Lion: From Berlin to London, Europe stands by Israel in war with Iran - opinion

 Family group photos of all the participating members during the Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Summit (ASEAN-GCC Summit) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 20, 2023

Will the Gulf adopt Sadat’s strategic framework? - opinion


Building sukkot during the Yom Kippur War

Many IDF soldiers found ways to commemorate the holiday on the frontlines in the Sinai Desert in the South and on the Golan Heights in the North.

DURING THE Yom Kippur War, soldiers improvise a sukkah over their troop carrier in Sinai.

Grapevine October 5, 2025: When comparisons should not be made

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, look at the memorial wall in the National Library.

Yom Kippur War: How the Book of Isaiah spurred world Jewry to back Israel, refusniks in 1973

The haftarah for Yom Kippur begins with these action-filled words of Isaiah. We must act – we must cut the road through – it is up to us to clear the way for ami – My people – God’s people.

NEW YORK’S Jewish community marches beneath the banner ‘We shall not be silent’ during the Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry demonstration in protest at the Soviet Union’s treatment of Jewish people, in New York City, in 1975.

Ahmed al-Sharaa: Israel, Syria 'on the verge' of security agreement

“We are on the verge of a security agreement between Israel and Syria,” Sharaa and other senior officials said.

 (L-R) Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the backdrop of Syrian and Israeli flags (illustrative)

The long arc of Israeli protests: A nation’s conscience or Achilles’ heel? - analysis

Protests have long been a defining feature of Israel’s democracy – they give voice to anguish, mobilize citizens, and hold leaders to account. But they are not inherently virtuous.

STUDENTS PROTEST outside the Education Ministry in Tel Aviv, Sept. 1, the first  day of school. Their banner reads, ‘Without the hostages, there is no learning [school].’

Giora Epstein, IAF's top ace and most decorated pilot, passes away at 87

Epstein was also the man who activated the sirens across Israel on Yom Kippur, 1973, when the IAF detected takeoffs from Syrian and Egyptian air force bases.

 Giora Epstein receives rank of Brig.-Gen. by then-IDF chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot in 2018.

A quiet protest growing stronger: A push fighting for the return of Israeli hostage

With more people at more local protests, massive protests, perhaps we can change Israel and get the hostages freed. Sitting at home and wringing our hands will not get it done.

 People protest against the proposed judicial reforms to reduce the powers of the Supreme Court, in Tel Aviv in 2023.

Haifa Cop indicted for choking protester in anti-gov't demonstration in Caesarea

While judges ruled that police have a difficult job "does not excuse blurring the boundaries of use of force."

 Protests against the judicial reform at Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv, May 27, 2023.

Israel needs to regain the confidence to pre-emptively strike threats - comment

In 1967, Israel preempted when its neighbors wanted to destroy it. In 2025, the threat is still there. The Israeli mindset in response should be the same.

 AN IDF soldier walks along the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip last month. The writer asks: Is Israel struggling to show the same self-confidence in Gaza that it is willing to show in the skies over Iran?

'A Winning Move': Spy thriller weaves personal drama into Yom Kippur War history - review

"A further nail-biting episode follows as the Mossad tries to discover the date on which Sadat’s attack is planned to take place."

DAVID RUBINGER’S iconic photo of the IDF paratroopers at the Kotel during the Six Day War in 1967.