Winston Churchill

Gideon Sa'ar responds to Yvette Cooper’s criticism of Israel during UN Security Council meeting

Gideon Sa'ar sharply responded to Yvette Cooper's criticism of Israel's land policies at the UN, referencing the Balfour Declaration and historical British support for a Jewish homeland.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar speaks during a stakeout before attending a Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York City, U.S., August 5, 2025.
 Demonstrators protest against the United States joining with Israel in attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities, as Marines stand guard at a federal building in Los Angeles, California, US, June 22, 2025.

The cause of hatred: Backlash against Israel's survival against Iran - opinion

 A DRONE view shows Damascus city at night, after the ousting of Bashar Assad, in Syria.

Israel's preemptive actions in Syria: Lessons from Churchill's World War II strategy - opinion

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu attends the ceremony for the 70th cohort of military combat officers, near Mitzpe Ramon, in October. Netanyahu’s performance supports Churchill’s observation that one should never worry about action, but only inaction, the writer says.

Action over inaction: Netanyahu's war decisions support Churchill's ethos - opinion


Israel is the world's worst country - except for all the others - opinion

Israel has stopped the Western clock that was ticking during the 1950’s. We continue to embody the key values that drove an optimistic post-WWII West, particularly in the United States.

 BARS AND restaurants do a brisk business at Mahaneh Yehuda in Jerusalem. Israel regularly ranks as one of the happiest nations on earth.

Volodymyr Zelensky, the making of a modern Winston Churchill - opinion

No Hollywood producer could have made a war epic to top Zelensky’s selfie video from the heart of Kyiv. “We are here,” he said. “We are in Kyiv. We protect Ukraine.”

 UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the Canadian parliament via video link on Tuesday.

When England doubted Jews’ loyalty - book review

Absorbing account captures trauma, flavor of 1940 internment

 Former British prime minister Winston Churchill’s order during World War II to place in internment 27,000 mainly German-speakers incidentally swept up some Jews as well.

Winston Churchill in Palestine – 100 years on

“The establishment of a Jewish National Home in Palestine will be a blessing to the whole world.”

Winston Churchill in Tel Aviv, 1921, from the Pritzker Family National Photography Collection at the National Library of Israel

‘Winston’s hiccup’ and the Jewish homeland

Churchill’s drinking habits were usually incidental to his political activities, although an exception to this is contained in a bizarre story concerning events in the Middle East about 100 years ago

EMIR ABDULLAH of Transjordan, Sir Herbert and Lady Samuel and Winston Churchill meet in Jerusalem in 1921

Netanyahu is no Winston Churchill, no matter how much he thinks he is

There is a facet of the Churchill leadership legacy that seems to escape the prime minister: being able to relate to his subjects and leading by example.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu.

Churchill statue desecrated during London protests

Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's memorial was vandalised by protesters with the word 'racist' scribbled on the monument.

A demonstrator is seen on the Cenotaph on Whitehall during a Black Lives Matter protest in London, following the death of George Floyd who died in police custody in Minneapolis, London, Britain, June 7, 2020.

Grapevine April 19 2020: Still singing to boost public morale

Now at age 103, she's singing it once more, this time not for the military troops and doctors and nurses in the battlefields, but for the doctors, nurses and patients caught up in COVID-19.

CHILD SURVIVORS on the day of their liberation from Auschwitz (Seventh and eighth from left Marta Wise and her sister Eva Slonim)

Churchill’s definition of Belgium: ‘A manufactured country’

“Usury” was the grounds for deportation of the Jews of Antwerp by the Duke of Brabant in 1261, who called for them to be expelled or destroyed.

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, 1941.

Examining the boundaries of power

The results of our second elections present a last opportunity for reflection and change.

Winston Churchill