War of Attrition

If the current crisis in Egypt is to be resolved peacefully, the military will play a central role. Few if any outside the armed forces, however,…

When Israel’s air force and ground army mounted the winner’s podium after the Six Day War to be garlanded by a grateful nation, the navy stood…

It was at the café overlooking the Baron Empain Palace in Greater Cairo that I met for the first time recently with “Uncle Elie.” His full name is…

Secret peace negotiations between Jordan and Israel began in 1963 and continued until the two countries signed a unilateral treaty in 1994. The…

Flora and Moshe Yehiya, whose festive 80th birthday party I attended recently, were my first Jerusalem neighbors. They lived with their 10 children…

Israel marches to a different tune: a genre of songs known as Shirei Eretz Yisrael, or Zemer Ivri. Sometimes I think it could be described as “guns…

War of Independence, 1948-1949(country – number captured)Egypt – 156Jordan – 673Syria – 45Lebanon – 8All prisoners were returned by July 22,…

Suzanne Dellal wins Israel PrizeThe Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel Aviv will receive a 2010 Israel Prize for its contribution to Israeli modern dance,…

Every 20 minutes, like clockwork, water spurts out of the spring at Ein Fawwar and collects into a pool. According to local legend, two demons live…

During the Great Fire of 1536, 2,300 houses in the Dutch town of Delft went up in flames. While the source of the fire is unknown, one thing is…

Picture Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the left side of the frame, his back toward you, his head pitched 90 degrees to the right, his expression one of…

Ouda Suleiman Tarabin dreams of returning to his family's modest Negev home near Rahat, continuing his studies and taking a wife, his attorney…

On a March day in 1969, then-ambassador to the US Yitzhak Rabin was called to a meeting with secretary of state William Rogers. Accompanying Rabin…

Every person has a name that God gave him and that his father and mother gave. Many bear the name of a relative or friend of our parents who was…

Every year, Ruth and Yitzhak Rennert - American Jews with a long and impressive history of philanthropy in Israel - donate Torah scrolls to…

Three original performances; workshops in pantomime, masks and puppetry; and meet-an-author seminars are all on the bill for the The Orna Porat…

Yoav Nardi's spartan offices are decorated with pictures of the Western Wall and the Temple Mount, taken in the hours and days after the paratroop…

'Cemetery tours" have become all the rage. No, not the ones to pray at the graves of venerated sages in and around Safed and Meron in Galilee or to…

Fake death notices announcing the passing of Beersheba's Mayor Yaakov Turner were put up in several spots around the city Monday, a day before the…

The humiliation of the Six Day War had cast its shadow over Egyptian President Anwar Sadat since he assumed office in October, 1970. The War of…