Israel history

Was Netanyahu chosen by God, or judged too harshly by man? - opinion

There was a young man who was chosen. He did not choose himself. In fact, he had no plans to enter politics and no ambition to become prime minister. Yet God often chooses people who never expect it.

JULY 2, 2026|ByMIKE EVANS

Israeli cabinet minister and former military chief Gadi Eisenkot is consoled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he attends the funeral of his son Gal Meir Eisenkot, 25, an Israeli solider, who was killed in northern Gaza during the ground operation by Israel's military in Gaza.

A SIGN points to Kibbutz Kissufim, and a yellow car is a reminder of the struggle to return the hostages.

Editor's Notes: Kibbutzim are showing Israelis how to bridge the religious divide

“We do not have the privilege of refusing to work together, even when we disagree. If we learn how to do that, we will do good for all of Israeli society," a Kibbutz leader told me.

MAY 29, 2026|ByZVIKA KLEIN

Eilat Lieber, director and chief curator of the Tower of David Museum, stands in the site of the Kishle, which is currently being excavated.

Inside the dig that peeled back 2,000 years of Jerusalem history

In Jerusalem’s Old City, archaeologists peel back 2,000 years layer by layer, drawing a direct line to our ancient past

MARCH 24, 2026|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH

Golda Meir, Israel’s first and only female prime minister, led through a small circle of senior advisers known as ‘Golda’s Kitchen’ from 1969 until 1974 – an exception in a political system where women’s authority has remained limited and largely isolated.

Visible everywhere, powerful nowhere: The paradox facing Israeli women in 2026 - analysis

Women are everywhere in Israeli life, but absent where power and protection are decided.

FEBRUARY 24, 2026|ByCHANI KAPLAN

Telling the stories of Israel and Jerusalem

Popular podcast ‘Israel Story’ teams up with the Jerusalem Foundation.

FEBRUARY 16, 2023ByALAN ROSENBAUM

A SIPUR Yerushalmi storytelling evening held in Jerusalem’s Mishkenot Sha’ananim this past September

1,600-year-old rare gold bead discovered in Jerusalem's City of David

The gold bead from the end of the Roman era is an especially rare find because beads of this style are not common.

FEBRUARY 8, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The gold bead which was discovered in Israel Antiquities Authority excavations in the City of David.

Israeli Knesset Liberty Bell ended up in a park. Now we know why

Letters have been found that finally explain how the Liberty Bell ended up in a park in Jerusalem instead of in the Knesset where it once was

FEBRUARY 7, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Liberty Bell replica statue is seen inaugurated at the Knesset in 1955. But how did it end up in Jerusalem's Liberty Park?

Did Israel's famed diplomat Abba Eban lack clout back home?

The Eban paradox is that he never succeeded in translating his immense international stature into commensurate domestic political capital.

NOVEMBER 17, 2022ByMARK REGEV

Then-Israel Ambassador to the UN Abba Eban speaks at the General Assembly in New York in the early 1970s.

Israel unearths ivory comb from 1700 BCE inscribed with plea to stop lice

‘May this [ivory] tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard’ is the first sentence written in the Canaanite language to be discovered at Tel Lachish.

NOVEMBER 9, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Herzl and the First Zionist Congress: Then and now - opinion

We need a new Herzl and a new Zionist Congress, not for the purpose of establishing a state or defining identity, but to breathe the spirit of solidarity and Jewish brotherhood into an era of strife.

AUGUST 27, 2022ByYEDIDIA STERN