History

NASA on the brink of history: Rocket on its way to the moon – final preparations underway

NASA approaches the next phase of its deep space return program. Artemis 2 will be the first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972 and will serve as a critical test for new technologies.

Spacecraft transfer with rocket to the Moon to the launch pad.
Gush Etzion Heritage Center.

A full experience for the whole family: Gush Etzion heritage center launches a new wing

Hapoel Lev Jerusalem player shoots a hoop.

Fast, fierce, and fun: The magic of Israeli women’s basketball - opinion

BBC Broadcasting House, London, UK.

The BBC haunted by bias - and the Israeli connection


After wrongful treason conviction 130 years ago, France promotes Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus

French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu signed the motion following a unanimous vote by the lower house of parliament in July.

French Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus (1859 - 1935), falsely accused of selling military secrets to Germany and imprisoned on Devil's Island.

Dazzling Grand Egyptian Museum aims to be economic showstopper

Officials and analysts frame the Grand Egyptian Museum as a driver of jobs, research, and tourism revenue rather than merely a showcase.

 A view shows the colossal statue of Ramses II at the entrance hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum on November 8, 2025 in Giza, Egypt.

On This Day: Yasser Arafat, PNC, announce Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Algiers

November 15 is also the birthday of Arafat's successor as PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who was born in Safed during the British Mandate in 1935.

Yasser Arafat raises his hand as he declares an independent Palestinian state during the PNC meeting in Algiers. November 15, 1988.

US National Archives releases Amelia Earhart records promised by Trump

Earhart's fate remains one of the most enduring mysteries of the past 88 years.

 Amelia Earhart

Before pugs or Great Danes: Doggie diversity in size and shape began at tail end of Ice Age

These findings contradict the notion that such diversity was mainly a relatively new phenomenon driven by selective breeding in recent centuries.

A Pug dog called Harley, and star of the film "Patrick" poses for photographs at the film's premiere in London, Britain June 27, 2018.

Grapevine: Yitzhak Rabin: An appreciation

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Portrait of Yitzhak Rabin

Letters from the dead: Letter written by WWI soldiers found in bottle off Australian coast

The letter penciled in 1916 finally reached the families of Malcolm Neville, 27, and William Harley, 37, decades after their death.

Members of the Australian Lighthorse Association watch over an Anzac Day dawn service at Bogan Gate in western New South Wales. Members of the Australian Lighthorse Association watch over an Anzac Day dawn service in the western New South Wales town of Bogan Gate, located 400 km (249 miles) west of

Egypt’s Khaled El-Enany set to become first Arab head of UNESCO despite criticism

Enany, 54, was elected last month by UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board with 55 votes, beating Edouard Firmin Matoko of Congo-Brazzaville.

Egypt's Antiquities Minister Khaled El-Enany speaks in front of the Bent Pyramid of Sneferu that was reopened after restoration work, in Dahshur, south of Cairo, Egypt July 13, 2019.

Defense Ministry reveals rare recordings of Yitzhak Rabin 30 years after his death

The recordings all depict Yitzhak Rabin in closed-door conversations and span a variety of topics, but focus mostly on the IDF and the complexities of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Portrait of Yitzhak Rabin

Fisherman digging for worms uncovers lost hoard of medieval coins

Sofia Andersson, an antiquarian at the County Administrative Board of Stockholm, said the discovery is “one of the largest silver hoards from the early Middle Ages ever found in Sweden.”

Ett unikt föremål bestående av tre myntkedjor av vikingatida engelska mynt, sammanfogade med silverringar och hängande på en kopparplatta. Fyra mynt längst till vänster sitter löst, och det är oklart om de har ingått i kedjan. Alla mynten är av de engelska Crux- och Long Cross-typer.