David Ben-Gurion

Capturing a nation: Werner Braun’s photographic journey

Experience Israel’s history through Werner Braun’s lens at the Between Water and Sky exhibition at MUZA, Ramat Aviv.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026|ByBARRY DAVIS

Werner Braun's 1964 picture of five nuns in the Valley of the Cross in Jerusalem is a symphony in monochrome.

THE KIND OF of strategic alliance that Israel is nurturing in Somaliland already emerged last year, when Somaliland signed a deal with Ethiopia, leasing to its landlocked neighbor a 20-km. coastal strip for a naval base.

Middle Israel: Sleeping with Somaliland is good, waltzing with it is bad - opinion

Israel’s recognition this week of Somaliland – a self-declared country in northeast Africa – is part of a time-honored legacy with its fair share of foresight and risk.

JANUARY 2, 2026|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

Defence Minister Israel Katz inspects a missile at the Tel Nof Air Force base in March.

Defense Minister Israel Katz is a strategic liability that Israel cannot afford - opinion

Israel's defense minister does not have the skills that his job demands. The kind of strategizing that Ben-Gurion, Eshkol, and Arens did in their jobs is beyond Katz’s abilities

NOVEMBER 28, 2025|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir at David Ben-Gurion's grave in Sde Boker.

'Courageous leadership required': Zamir seems to jab gov't at Ben-Gurion remembrance event

This came after clashing on Monday with Defense Minister Israel Katz over the October 7 probes after the move to reexamine the Turgeman committee report.

NOVEMBER 26, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Religion vs. state: Israel must pay attention to the Hanukkah story - opinion

A healthy tension between the spiritual leadership and the political one is essential not only for a functioning democracy, but for survival itself.

DECEMBER 30, 2022ByPINCHAS GOLDSCHMIDT

RABBI PINCHAS Goldschmidt: The sages teach that kings should not be anointed from among the priests – that is, there must be a separation of spiritual and political power.

Hanukkah: Fun activities in Israel for the Jewish Festival of Lights

This is a great opportunity for everyone to get out in nature and visit sites all over the country and enjoy the fresh air and the holiday festivities.

DECEMBER 17, 2022ByMEITAL SHARABI

Hanukkah activities in the Modi'in area.

The life of Israel's forgotten prime minister, Moshe Sharett

October 15 is the birthday of Moshe Sharett, Israel's second prime minister, who served as premier for 21 months from 1954-55.

OCTOBER 13, 2022ByMARK REGEV

MOSHE SHARETT became prime minister in highly challenging circumstances. The Jewish state was less than six years old and Arab hostility remained omnipresent.

It's time for a new era of Israel-Diaspora ties - opinion

We have to adopt a new paradigm, one which I shall call: The Jewish peoplehood paradigm – Israel and Diaspora as partners.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022ByNACHMAN SHAI

THIS WEEK, the writer addresses the 125 Years of Zionism conference, in Basel.

Gilboa Pimping Affair: Israel shouldn't see prostitution as 'normal' - opinion

I am sure that Golda is turning over in her grave, and I hope Ben-Gurion is as well, with the advent of this sick pimping of Jewish Israeli women to Palestinian Arab security prisoners, or at all.

AUGUST 26, 2022ByJONATHAN FELDSTEIN

PIMP? GILBOA Prison warden Freddy Ben-Sheetrit arrives for testimony, in Modi’in, July 26.

Menachem Begin's legacy and today's Likud party - comment

Begin was representative of a generation of Jews for whom the Holocaust and the struggle for independence were formative experiences.

AUGUST 26, 2022ByMARK REGEV

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

Israel must become the state for all its citizens - opinion

Israel's Declaration of Independence states: The State of Israel will ensure complete equality to all of its citizens regardless of religion, race or gender.

AUGUST 25, 2022ByGERSHON BASKIN