Israel history

Will we forever live by the sword? - opinion

A deeper look at the heritage and history of the Jewish people teaches us that this is not merely a random sequence of disasters, persecutions, and wars.

Soldiers praying at the Kotel in 2013.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., U.S. Treasury Secretary during World War II, visits Jerusalem in 1951

75 years of investing in Israel: The Man Behind the Concept

The ruins of the King David Hotel bombing.

The blast that still echoes: The King David Hotel bombing, 80 years on

Moshe Novomeysky established a community beside the Dead Sea in 1934, today an outdoor museum pays tribute to the tough, heat-resistant laborers and their families who lived there. PremiumPremium

Mapping Israel’s path to independence: 12 sites that tell Israel's real story


Air conditioning system in PM Ben-Gurion's Sde Boker home restored

Teams of retired technicians came back for a special project: restoring a long-retired air conditioning unit in the former home of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion.

 Tadiran air conditioner technicians Yehuda Amergi and Moshe Schwartz

Israel's Smotrich: There is no such thing as a Palestinian people

Smotrich is among a number of far-right politicians who do not accept the adoption by regional Arabs of the term Palestinian to describe themselves.

Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with bereaved families in the Ministry of Finance in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023.

Davidson Center in Jerusalem Archaeological Park reopens with brand-new modernized experience

The Davidson Center will feature several ancient artifacts, dating back to the First Temple Period 2,700 years ago

 Davidson Center renovation

Based on a true story: one film highlights historical terrorism in Israel

A film debuts about the hunt for ‘The Engineer,’ notorious Palestinian bomb maker Yehiyah Ayyash

 EMILE HIRSCH and Oshri Cohen as Shin Bet agents pursuing ‘The Engineer,’ Yehiyah Ayyash.

Remains at archaeological site from Bronze Age Israel had 'brain surgery'

In biblical times, two unnamed brothers suffered from chronic illness, and one was treated by making a hole in his head

 Trephination of Individual 1. A-B: Magnified edges of the trephination, each with a 2 mm scale bar. Images captured with a Leica EZ4D stereo microscope. C: All four edges of the trephination, scale bar is 1 cm. D: Reconstructed location of trephination on head.

Telling the stories of Israel and Jerusalem

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

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.

 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

 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.

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.

 The ivory comb.